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Car-Sharing and Public Transport
Experience from Belgium
Angelo Meuleman
THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 24TH 2009A live without a bless
Finally! It was almost one year on our planning. But first we wanted to travel and then, we would go for it!
Since one hour, we don’t have a car anymore. And, yes, this is what we wanted to do!
We are living in a city, and every-one knows that a car is not really a present in the city. That’s why we did our replacements already by bike. I like biking, and so my husband does. Our car was already old, but even when it was standing still, most of the time, it was costing lots of money. We did only use it for shopping our family visits in the far-away Kempen. And yes, it hurts in your wallet. Taxes, insurance, ... maintenance... Nothing useful, so we decided to get rid of it!
We’ve received many reactions? People who worried about us. “What about the kids?” “Are you living in 2009?” But there was many support also. “We have kids and we have no car neither.”Other people were enthusiast, but didn’t dare it themselves. And some people… just keep silent.
If it rains… we’ll take a rain jacket.If we don’t like to take our (cargo)-bike… we’ll take a bus.If we go to our family… we’ll go by train.If we need to buy too many things… those things will come to us.If our daughters are injured… we’ll take a taxi.
And if we really need a car… we take cambio!
- “Doing more with less” Sharing- Initiator of
Who’s Taxistop?
CS Philosophy
To challenge the reflex of car-use by promoting car-sharing and public transport together as a realistic alternative to the private car!
Modal shift
Creating urban space
History of CS in Belgium
1997:Investigationby Taxistop
2004Flanders
2003Brussels
2002Wallonia
CS in Belgium today
• 14.500 clients• 475 cars• 200 stations
Shareholder ship
Support
VAB – Motorist club– 24h road breakdown rescue service– 24h call centre for Car-Sharing
Support
Cambio Germany
Modern technology:
– Software
– Reservation
– Car access system
Knowhow and experience
Support of public transport
Pricing:
– Reductions
– Promotions if you get rid of you car
– Advertisement
– Integration on PT-maps and in multi-modal Route planners
– Parking lots in stations
– Common smart card
Cooperation with PT
Header
• Content
Header
• Content
The Perfect Marriage
Header
• Content
Support
• Local authorities– parking lots (with barriers)– communication– feasibility studies– guaranteed revenue
Support
• Regional – Federal government– Contact with Public Transport– Legislation
• European Commission–MOSES – Start 2002 in Wallonia–MOMO• Campaigns for public transport users – B2B• Energy-Efficiency• Car-Sharing and housing
Momo survey 2009
MORE USE after joining cambioLESS USE
21% 9,8% 19,3% 17,9% -23,6%
Revenue for PT in Brussels
Car Ownership1 cambio car replaces at least 11 private carsToday: 14.500 clients are replacing 5225 cars
25 km of on street parking space
Survey 2012
100.000 m² parking space
And what about Justina Maria Louisa?
WEDNESDAY, 2ND OF MAY 2012 “A Car Free Lifestyle”
Actually, I wanted to write this blog after one year already... But I forgot to do it. It just became so normal a life without a car.
Our live became more relax. We are winning time with our bicycles in the city, and it feels so nice to be aware that our kilometers doesn’t cost anything, even not for the environment.For many people it sounds contradictory... But not owning a car works liberating!
Our kids just like biking. Our eldest, Stella, already rides more than 40 km, and our youngest Astor, he really likes riding over cobble-stones...
But we still use a car sometimes. We did a calculation, and in those two years we have used a cambio car for 4.475 kms. With our last car we did 15.000 km yearly.
We use cambio for family visits, or an occasional trip to a recycling park or if we go out, too far to go by bike.
We use cambio by average only once a month.
Taking the bus or bike became a reflex, just like the car before.
Car-Sharing for Taxistop is enabling a car free lifestyle to create a modal shift and regain urban space!