Carsharing in France : a strong potential of development

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Carsharing in France a strong potential of
development
Ministère de l'Écologie, de l'Énergie, du
Développement durable et de l'Aménagement du
territoire
www.certu.fr
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A set of new services

• Between private cars and regular public transport
  
• Carsharing
• Carpooling
• Demand responsive transport
• Bike-sharing

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Carsharing

• Definition
• Common use of a fleet of vehicles
• Members
• Direct access
• Tariffing based on use (short time) kilometres
  and/or time
• Target  small-drivers  lt 7 000 à 10 000
  km/year
• Complementarity in terms of timetables and
  spatially with public transport, or transport of
  heavy things

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Reglementation

• The  Grenelle de l'Environnement 
• Supression of juridical barriers of the
  development of carsharing and carpooling
• Carsharing
• Definition
• National label
• Surface parking

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Advantage

• For the user
• A vehicle available 24h/24, 7 days/7
• Practical service maintenance, parking,
  insurance included a vehicle adapted to the
  need of the moment
• Financial advantage ex for 5 000 ou 10 000
  km/year, budget divided by 2 compared with
  private car
• For the local authority
• Rational use of car fewer vehicleskm,
  greenhouse gas
• Reduction of needs for parking displaces 4 to
  10 resident's vehicles
• Long term evolution of the link with car
  difference between possession and use gt towards
  free-service vehicles ?

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Impact of carsharing

• Study in Paris, 2007 (500 members)?
• Equipment et evolution of km with car
  before/after carsharing

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Carsharing development
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Carsharing figures

• 9 400 members in april 2008
• 15 members/vehicle
• Average length of use 5h
• (week-end, hobbies, etc)?
• Average distance
• between 50 and 60 km
• In average 2 to 3 vehicles/station
• Members private individuals
• and professionnals (firms)?

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Carsharing operators

• A large variety of operators (Lyon Parc Auto,
  VinciAvis, Transdev, Véolia, etc)?
• Network France Carsharing
• Partnerships with public transport operators,
  renting companies combined tariffing,
  communication

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Example of Paris

• A local label
• Access to the service
• Tariffing
• Vehicles
• Complementarity with
• public transport
• and other alternatives
• 5 operators with the label
• Projet Autolib
• 4000 electrical vehicles
• 700 stations
• Delegation of
• public service
• In 2010

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Perspectives

• Development of communication and marketing
• Extension of the target of clients
  (professionnals, young people, etc)?
• Extension of geographical areas (centre-towns,
  train stations, social housing areas, etc)?
• Regional strategy of development and support
  combined mobility offers, average size towns
• Important role of local authorities (surface
  parking, support of communication, membership to
  carsharing to optimize private fleets, etc)
• Integration with other alternatives in Mobility
  Centres