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more options for energy efficientmobility through Car-Sharing
more options for energy efficientmobility through Car-Sharing
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Transfer of Car-Sharing experience
Good practices from BelgiumBy David Van Kesteren
Cambio - Taxistop
more options for energy efficientmobility through Car-Sharing
more options for energy efficientmobility through Car-Sharing
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Who’s Taxistop?
• Active promotor of sustainable mobility in Belgium, since 1975
• Basic philosophy: Better use of existing resources
• Projects: Carpool – Eurostop –Less mobile services, …
• Initiator of Car-Sharing in Belgium
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What’s Car-Sharing?
• Car-Sharing is pay-as-you-go use of a vehicle.• Cars can be used for as little as one hour.• Cars are simply located on the street at Car-Share-
stations and are accessible 24/7!
Car-Ownership Car-Sharing
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A little history of Car-Sharing in Belgium
• 1997: Preliminary investigation by Taxistop
• 2002: Start MOSES Project• May 2002: Test Station in
Wallonia• September 2002: Real start in
Namur• May 2003: Brussels• September 2004: Flanders
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Car-Sharing in Belgium today
- 17 cities
- 122 stations
- 307 cars
- 8000 users
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Growth car-sharers Belgium
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Growth reservations
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Why to develop a Car-Sharing scheme in your city?
Positive eco-balance (1):
• Production is 15% of energy consumption in a car’s life cycle
• More rational energy patterns:Use of car is a choice for car-sharers, not a reflex
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Why to develop a Car-Sharing scheme in your city?
Positive eco-balance (2):
• Newer cars More eco-friendly
• Car-sharers’ choice of the smallest car Owners use bigger cars, even for daily use
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Why to develop a Car-Sharing scheme in your city?
Positive effect on urban mobility and space consumption:
• Reduction of congestion, because car-sharers think before they use a car
• Reducing the number of cars creates more (paid) parking/public space
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Support of public sector
• Local governments: Reducing the number of cars creates more parking space, reduces local traffic
• Regional and federal governments:- Financing- Political support- influence in PT- Legal aspects- Official road sign
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Public Transport - Why?
• Use co-modality to attract new target groups
• Innovation for a modern image
Support of public sector
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Belgian experience: Promotion (1)
Support of public sector
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Belgian experience: Promotion (2)
Support of public sector
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Belgian experience: pricing
• Reduction for season ticket holders
• Information
• Information cambio on websites PT
• Information cambio in PT-info points
Support of public sector
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Succesful promotion campaign in BXL: PRIME BXL’AIR
Support of public sector
Agreement Brussels government + STIB + cambio + Provelo
Sell car and return licence plate - 1 year free abo cambio - + abo MIVB/STIB or bonus Provelo (max 470 € of bike-shop bills paid back)
have car destroyed and return licence plate- 2 years free abo cambio - + 2 years MIVB/STIB or bonus Provelo
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Belgian experience: Shareholdership
Support of public sector
VABmotorist club
TAXISTOPnon-profit org
CAMBIOGmbH & Co KG
OPTIMOBIL BELGIUMNational system service
cambio WAL cambio BXL cambio VLA
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Support of system provider
Do not reinvent the wheel!
Work together with experienced system provider
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Use as modern technology as possible:
– Software
– Reservation
– Car acces system
Support of system provider
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• VAB : Automobile association:- 24h road breakdown rescue service- 24h call center for Car-Sharing
• Hertz: Car rental company as complementary service.
Support of useful partners
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• Provider of public parking:Q-Park delivers parking lots for Carsharing
• Other possible partners? Bike rental – Taxi – Hotel, …
Support of useful partners
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What’s the potential of Car-Sharing in your city?
• 1% ?• 2% ?• 3% ?• 4% ? • 5% ?• 6% ?• 7% ?
Be aware! Quality is more important than quantity!
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Challenges for the future
CarSharing as part of a Mobility Card
• 1 acces card for different mobility services.
• The card has a certain value. It devaluates automatically after each use.
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Challenge for the future
To change the mindset is more challenging than selling cars!
Final goal: Co-modality instead of private car use
Basic philosophy of Taxistop!
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Thanks for your attention!