Shared cars would lead to less car ownership, but nothing could be further from the truth AD. They are hardly used. Nearly a million people have once registered with a car-sharing service, but 80 percent never use such a car-sharing service. From research by knowledge platform for mobility Crow, which is published, shows that on paper there are now 971.000 car sharers. That seems like a lot, but the Knowledge Institute Mobility (KiM) came up with very different figures earlier this month: 200.000 people have used a shared car at least once in the past three years, or 2 percent of the people with a driving license.

People who share cars make far fewer car journeys. Instead, they travel more by public transport, bicycle and on foot. Car sharing therefore contributes to lower car use and ownership. That's good for the environment. In cities, it also contributes to fewer parked cars. Most shared cars are cleaner than the average fleet in the Netherlands. That's because many cars are newer, smaller, and more fuel-efficient.

According to KiM, the popularity of shared cars can increase by making car ownership and parking more expensive, making shared cars more financially attractive, but municipalities are not eager to reserve scarce parking spaces for shared cars. 

About forty companies together now offer 87.825 shared cars. There are a hundred times as many passenger cars as shared cars in the Netherlands. Crow also includes private shared cars in that figure, whereby you rent a car from someone in the area for a fee, for example via Snappcar. There are far fewer shared cars from companies such as Greenwheels, less than 18.000 units, compared to the total fleet, this is only one in five hundred passenger cars, according to the AD.

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Mobipunt shared cars Anna Paulowna
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