Integration of public transport and car sharing in Copenhagen - Movia

that car sharing users are good and reliable customers in the public transport. Among theresults are the following:• The average car sharing user reduce annual car driving by 32 % from on average 5800km/year to 4000 km/year. This reflects large differences among the different users. 60 %of all existing users drove less than 2500 km before membership and increased theirannual driving slightly to about 2400 km/year. On the other hand the 9 %, who drovemore than 20.000 km/year before membership, have reduced the average annual cardriving from 26.0000 km/year to 12.600 km/year since they became car sharing users.• 5 % of the existing car sharing users who never have had a car – 38 % of all users –would alternatively have sold their car if car sharing had been no option, while additionally19 % say that car sharing have made them postpone buying a car. 32 % answered“maybe”. The possibility of becoming a member of a carsharing organisation have had alarge or some influence on the decision not to have a car for 50 % of all users.• 55 % of existing car sharing users in the Copenhagen metropolitan area are former carowners.• 29 % of all former car owners got rid of their car in relation to signing up as a member ofa car sharing organisation or shortly before or afterwards.• 6 % of all car sharing users use the membership as an alternative to a second car in thehousehold.• Car sharing users have generally not reduced their use of public transport aftermembership. On the contrary former car owners have increased their use of publictransport significantly.• Main reasons for membership are convenience in not having to think of the maintenance ofa car and saving money. Environmental reasons as such are important to a slight majorityof all users, but is not a dominant motivation for membership. However, car sharing seemsto be especially attractive to people who would otherwise – if car sharing was no option –would by an old vehicle. This indicates another important environmental effect.A promising prospect for the future is the possibility that further spread of car sharing – whichwould benefit the environment – may be motivated by commercial motivations of publictransport operators, since the integration of public transport and car sharing seem to holdgood potential of retaining existing passengers as well as attracting new customers in timesotherwise characterised by raising car owner ship. This goes for Copenhagen city center aswell, where 1/3 of all households now own a car compared to 1/5 ten years ago.The Greater Copenhagen Authority will early November 2005 decide on whether to continuethe dialogue with the car sharing operators.* * * * *

The Greater Copenhagen Authority decided on 1 st November 2005:‣ … to continue the existing co-operation with the car sharing providers of the region“aiming for concrete measures, which may impede rising car ownership and therebycontribute to maintaining existing passengers in public transport and attract newcustomers”.‣ to invite the other public transport operators to take part in the co-operation.Later in November 2005 a joint marketing group with representatives from the national railwaycompany, the metro operator in Copenhagen and the Greater Copenhagen Authority decidedto enter a dialogue with regional car sharing operators of the Copenhagen region.A round table meeting gathering representatives from all public transport operators and carsharing operators of the Copenhagen region is planned to be convened early 2006.