carclubresearch

Hi Peterstorm I totally understand about taxis although I tend to get them back from the supermarket and get the bus there cause I'm not carrying anything...but I'm probably lucky having bus stops to the supermarket near me. I don't know whether supermarket trips are one of the main reasons people run cars, or whether they really don't have much alternative. That is the sort of thing I hope to find out from doing this research. Needing a parking bay isn't an argument against car clubs because when people have good access to a club car they are more likely to give up owning a car. Current data suggests that one car club car replaces 20 privately owned vehicles (that is a conservative estimate) http://www.carplus.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Annual-Survery-Report-2009-10.pdf (page 14 of the 2009-2010 Annual Survey Report) so the overall impact is to reduce space taken up with parked cars.

To what extent should the costs of car use be subsidised by the state? Discuss

Thanks for answering Louisiana. Yes I don't really understand about needing the car to go to supermarkets. If I am doing a big shop and not using online ordering and deliveries I get a taxi - it works out much cheaper than running a car!

I originally posted this (see below) in the lounge section but got no responses - don't know if it will be better here - but if you have anything to say about car clubs please put it down - I am formulating my questionnaire - thanks! I have just started to do a research project on car clubs. I work at the Centre for Transport Studies, UCL and got interested in car clubs when Streetcar did a big promotional activity in East Dulwich. Funding for the project comes from UCL so I have no vested interests although I do think they are a good idea. I am interested in finding out about people?s experiences of using a car club and what their views of them are. I would like to know what sorts of lifestyle car clubs fits in with and where it doesn?t seem to be appropriate. I would also like to understand more about the economics of it ? for whom and when does it make economic sense to use car club and when not. If any of you are car club users or have views about them I would love to hear from you. Here are some questions to get the ball rolling: ? What sorts of trips is car club good for and when doesn?t it make sense? ? Do you think there should be more parking bays allocated to car clubs? ? Is it possible to manage with young kids with car club as your only access to a car? ? If you have used a club car would you recommend doing so to others? Why? Why not? ? If you own a car would you think of giving it up now that you have joined car club? (Or not buying that planned second car?) ? What stops you joining a car club? Look forward to hearing from you, Belinda

I have just put the following post in the lounge section but am interested in collecting the views of other people (particularly those with kids) so am putting it in here as well. I have just started to do a research project on car clubs. I work at the Centre for Transport Studies, UCL and got interested in car clubs when Streetcar did a big promotional activity in East Dulwich. Funding for the project comes from UCL so I have no vested interests although I do think they are a good idea. I am interested in finding out people?s experiences of using a car club and what their views of them are. I would like to know what sorts of lifestyle car clubs fits in with and where it doesn?t seem to be appropriate. I would also like to understand more about the economics of it ? for whom and when does it make economic sense to use car club and when not. If any of you are car club users or have views about them I would love to hear from you. Here are some questions to get the ball rolling: ? What sorts of trips is car club good for and when doesn?t it make sense? ? Do you think there should be more parking bays allocated to car clubs? ? Is it possible to manage with young kids with car club as your only access to a car? ? If you have used a club car would you recommend doing so to others? Why? Why not? ? If you own a car would you think of giving it up now that you have joined car club? (Or not buying that planned second car?) ? What stops you joining a car club? Look forward to hearing from you, Belinda

I have just started to do a research project on car clubs. I work at the Centre for Transport Studies, UCL and got interested in car clubs when Streetcar did a big promotional activity in East Dulwich. Funding for the project comes from UCL so I have no vested interests although I do think they are a good idea. I am interested in finding out about people?s experiences of using a car club and what their views of them are. I would like to know what sorts of lifestyle car clubs fits in with and where it doesn?t seem to be appropriate. I would also like to understand more about the economics of it ? for whom and when does it make economic sense to use car club and when not. If any of you are car club users or have views about them I would love to hear from you. Here are some questions to get the ball rolling: ? What sorts of trips is car club good for and when doesn?t it make sense? ? Do you think there should be more parking bays allocated to car clubs? ? Is it possible to manage with young kids with car club as your only access to a car? ? If you have used a club car would you recommend doing so to others? Why? Why not? ? If you own a car would you think of giving it up now that you have joined car club? (Or not buying that planned second car?) ? What stops you joining a car club? Look forward to hearing from you, Belinda