Other Car Co-op Sites
Although the Chorlton club is still forming, there are a couple of clubs already running
in the UK, as well as several large and hugely successful clubs on the continent.
The information on this page comes from a site maintained by the
Community Car Share Network,
a nonprofit organisation that works with
communities, local authorities and partner organisations to support the development of
car share clubs. They also provide a very helpful list of
Frequently Asked Questions
about car-sharing schemes.
UK car clubs:
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BEST Car Club, Bristol,
the Bristol Environmental Sustainable Transport Car Club, was
launched in July 2000 by the Bristol Community Car Club Association, who
have plans to launch more schemes across the city.
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The Woodgate Car Club in
Liecester was launched in July 2000.
For more information contact Lucy Pates at
lucybp@ntlworld.com
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The Rusty Car Club,
also in Liecester has been running since 1990 and has 6 vehicles.
For more information contact Mandy Taverner at
mandyt@corani.org
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Co-drive in Leeds is a small scale car share club which was
established in 1998. They can be reached by email at
co-drive@heads.demon.co.uk
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City-Wheels in Swansea run a fleet of four cars. Their contact
person is Caroline Williams at
Caroline.Williams@swanseaha.co.uk
Manchester transport links:
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A recently-formed
Car Club,
in Hulme, south Manchester, arranges the sharing of vehicles and includes an internal Local Exchange
Trading Scheme to share the work of maintaining the club and its vehicles.
Contact rob@redbricks.org.uk
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AutoNettCarShare,
which provides online access to a car/ride sharing service, aims to help
drivers find a new way to commute from A to B as well as lower the cost of travel
to work and for sociable events. The service's founder, Gloria Gabriel, may be reached at
g.gabriel@autonettcarclub.co.uk