Car sharing can significantly cut carbon - Swiss study

Mon 20 November 2006 View all news

A report for Switzerland's energy agency says that car sharing can make a significant contribution to cutting CO2 emissions as car sharers are more likely to make journeys by public transport.

The report says that occasional use of a shared car allows people to forego a second car – or have no car at all. It says that only about 13% of the average car sharer’s travelling is done in the shared car, but if the car share option didn’t exist and people had their own car, their car usage would go up by 26% and public transport use down by 12%.

Related Links

Swiss Energy Agency Car Share Study - download link (in German)



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