Car Clubs Strategy
March 2008
MAYOR OF LONDON
Transport for London
Transport for London
Executive summary
3
1. Introduction
7
2. Background
10
3. TfL involvement
15
4. Current status in London
17
5. Roles
23
5.2 Operators
23
5.3 Local authorities
25
5.4 TfL
27
6. Issues for London
30
7. Way forward
34
8. Conclusion
37
Contents
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Executive summary
This strategy presents Transport for
London’s (TfL’s) plans for the development
of car clubs in London through to 2011.
It is based on consultation with key
stakeholders, including operators and
London boroughs, and also on market
research commissioned by TfL with existing
and potential car club users.
Car clubs can play a role in supporting
Mayoral targets across a number of key
strategy areas. Economically they can help
reduce congestion and parking pressures,
particularly in new low-car housing
developments; socially, they compliment
the public transport system in providing
accessibility to key services and facilities
without the related costs of car ownership;
environmentally, they help reduce car usage
and the associated pollution.
Car clubs in London are commercially
operated. The main constraint to their
expansion is currently the availability of
parking spaces, the majority of which are
controlled by local authorities both on and
off-street. It is essential, therefore, that
local authorities work in partnership with
operators to ensure the appropriate number
and location of parking spaces so car club
networks can grow. Local authorities should
also support activities to raise awareness of
the availability, and advantages, of car clubs.
This includes the inclusion of car clubs
within new developments and also in local
housing association sites.
TfL’s role is primarily to support local
authorities in undertaking their planning and
highways functions to enable the further
development of car clubs, together with the
achievement of specific objectives, such
as piloting car clubs in non-established
locations and the promotion of low
emission vehicles. This is done by f