tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post7149123634228583261..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: Rural carshare project - A thinking exercise & Invitation for commentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-57923082136901279942014-03-21T13:26:06.000+01:002014-03-21T13:26:06.000+01:00Reblogged this on Nuova Mobilità.Reblogged this on <a href="http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/rural-carshare-project-a-thinking-exercise-invitation-for-comment/" rel="nofollow">Nuova Mobilità</a>.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-81833881460544483492014-03-24T11:50:22.000+01:002014-03-24T11:50:22.000+01:00How refreshing to see some good creative thinking ...How refreshing to see some good creative thinking about car share in lower population density areas. Thanks!Katherine Freundhttp://www.ITNAmerica.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-22406367259216081982014-03-21T19:12:17.000+01:002014-03-21T19:12:17.000+01:00Interesting thought-challenge:1. Rural demographic...Interesting thought-challenge:<br><br>1. Rural demographics are different, but their facility with sharing is higher. They don't need the internet to be part of a local community and to be aware of others' needs and advantages.<br><br>2, The example assumes a group of people _buying_ a car, but it is more likely that they would, as a first step, find a way to share the ones they already Chris Bradshawhttp://hearthhealth.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-66991260279608044802014-04-23T19:02:18.000+02:002014-04-23T19:02:18.000+02:00thanks for sharing the rural car share discussion ...thanks for sharing the rural car share discussion with me. Some thoughts:<br><br>In the uk we normally say that we are 80% urban and 20% rural so we need to kep our eyes on both segments<br><br>In rural England there is still a lot to do to improve all the options to car ownership and kill-off the idea that care use/car share is the only option eg rural buses, community transport, inserting walkJohn Whitelegghttp://www.wordpress.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-43633418439729880602014-03-22T23:43:38.000+01:002014-03-22T23:43:38.000+01:00Bovine-based transport - it's udderly amazing!...Bovine-based transport - it's udderly amazing!<br>Interesting thought exercise, Eric. I would remind you that CarPlus in the UK has given quite a bit of thinking about informal and rural carshares and published a best practice paper and other guidance:<br>http://www.carplus.org.uk/resources/research-and-reports/Dave Brookhttp://www.carsharing.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-85532387100372208202014-04-24T20:32:13.000+02:002014-04-24T20:32:13.000+02:00Agree with John -- carshare can be promoted either...Agree with John -- carshare can be promoted either as a means of making access to cars affordable to more people or as an alternative to car ownership under which subscribers would use other modes most of the time but would have access to cars when there was really no alternative. We need to do the second.<br><br>But we also need to make major improvements to conventional bus services (i.e. not Simon Nortonhttp://www.cambsbettertransport.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-88087781444125289182014-03-25T14:16:48.000+01:002014-03-25T14:16:48.000+01:00As far as I am concerned the prime motivation for ...As far as I am concerned the prime motivation for developing carsharing in rural areas is to facilitate the provision of conventional (or demand responsive) public transport.<br><br>As carsharers are more likely to use the car as the mode of last resort (i.e. only when other modes are unavailable) they are therefore likely customers for buses that are well timed for journeys to work, shopping or Simon Nortonhttp://www.cambsbettertransport.org.uknoreply@blogger.com