Statistics on car sharing

• 1 shared car replaces 6 or more individually owned cars
• Members giving up a car when they join—15 percent
• Members not buying a new one because they joined— 25 percent

Car sharing increases transit usage:

Members using transit more— 27 percent
Members using Transit less— 7 percent
(Source: AutoShare)

Trips made by transit before joining— 35 percent
Trips made by transit after joining— 53 percent
(Source: S.Shaheen @ UC Berkley)

Car sharing increases other forms of travel:

Members biking/blading more— 25 percent
Members biking/blading less— 8 percent

People drive less:

Average driving reduction, former car owner—72 percent
Ave. driving reduction, all car sharing members—55 percent
(Source: Swiss Energy Dept., 2000)

Household income spent on cars:

1990— 13.2 percent
1998— 14.8 percent

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