RT Journal Article
A1 Thomas Röhr
A1 Marc Rovigo

PB iet
T1 Public service approach to car-sharing in mid-sized towns: the example of Belfort (France)
JN IET Intelligent Transport Systems
VO 11
IS 7
SP 403
OP 410
AB Car-sharing (CS) is an alternative to private cars able to change mobility customs and to participate in the greenhouse gas emission reduction. The administration board of the Belfort bus operator decided in January 2013 to build-up a visible and attractive CS service following a public service idea and integrated into the urban mobility offer, with significantly higher vehicle density and vehicle/inhabitants ratio than in the other French cities. This innovative approach resulted in a remarkably high ratio of nearly 42 members/1000 inhabitants in December 2016. In 2015, the service totalled >2300 clients, 33,000 rentals and 1.5 million kilometres after only 2 years running. These figures confirm the hypothesis that CS can be rapidly developed as a veritable alternative even in mid-sized towns. This article focuses on the design elements of the Belfort CS service as well as first analyses based on 2015 data and problems encountered.
K1 car-sharing
K1 greenhouse gas emission reduction
K1 mid-sized towns
K1 mobility customs
K1 private cars
K1 Belfort bus operator
K1 design elements
K1 inhabitants ratio
K1 public service approach
K1 urban mobility offer
K1 administration board
K1 CS service
K1 France
K1 vehicle density
K1 vehicle ratio
DO https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2016.0259
UL https://digital-library.theiet.org/;jsessionid=84f9a1eh824nm.x-iet-live-01content/journals/10.1049/iet-its.2016.0259
LA English
SN 1751-956X
YR 2017
OL EN