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Website for car sharing - Mataró, ES

Introduction

The Mataró City Council promotes car sharing through a specific web service.

Problem

The use of individual vehicles has negative consequences on both traffic conditions and environmental sustainability. By promoting car sharing, Mataró City Council tries to address both issues.

Description

The Mataró City Council provides in its website a service that helps the user to find other people interested in sharing their cars for common trips (to work, the university, leisure…). Users must register in the website and insert their contact data, intended trip and vehicle. If there is a user interested in sharing a similar trip, the website puts both users in contact by e-mail.

Approach

The main objectives of the plan are:

Promote a more sustainable model of mobility.
Enable a more rational use of private transport and the public space.
Reduce the use of fuel and improve the air quality.

Results

In 2005 the website had 8.311 visitors, and 19,7% of the users got to share their trips.

Contact info

Ayuntamiento de Mataró
c/ Pablo Iglesias, 63 2º
08302 Mataró
Spain
Phone: +34 93 758 22 00
Fax: +34 93 758 22 54
Ricardo Baró Rey

Project start date

18/11/2006

Links

Network of Cities for Climate – Best practices Mataró City Hall – Sustainability area

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure > Roads and road transport

Keywords

Traffic management, Vehicles