TORG are pleased to announce this week's Wednesday lunchtime seminar:
"There to Share...Car Club Development in Newcastle"
Sally Herbert, Newcastle City Council
About the seminar:
The seminar will discuss car club developments both nationally and locally providing insight and context to its role within the sustainable travel agenda.
The basic idea of a Car Club is that members can have access to a car in their neighbourhood without having to own it. Members pay an annual fee to an operator who provides and maintains a number of vehicles. They then pay by the hour and mile for each trip that they undertake. The combined costs of membership and use are intended to be cheaper than personal car ownership.
Car Clubs decouple car use from ownership, by providing members with cars when they need them. They operate through having cars parked in reserved parking spaces close to homes and/or workplaces, and these can be used, and paid for on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. As Car Club members have to book and pay for a car for each trip, it encourages individuals to consider the most efficient form of transport to be used for each individual trip.
Over recent years Car Clubs have continued to grow dramatically since their visit arrival on the UK scene in the late 1990's. On 31st January 2011, there were over 3,000 car clubs vehicles in place nationally and over 160,000 members. Growth has continued to be concentrated in London, though there has been a dramatic geographical dispersion of activities regionally. This seminar will provide detailed insights into the introduction and ongoing development of the Newcastle City Car club. Newcastle City Council was the first Council within the North East to formally appoint a car club operator to deliver a service city wide.
The seminar will also be an opportunity to disseminate recent research into the future challenges and demands of growing car clubs as part of a sustainable travel solution within Newcastle, providing an ideal opportunity for detailed discussions around the opportunities and challenges going forward.
About the presenter:
Sally Herbert has over 5 years experience in the transport sector, with specialist expertise in developing and delivering a range of sustainable low carbon behaviour change interventions such as workplace and visitor travel planning and low carbon car clubs. Sally has played a leading role in managing the city's activities on electric vehicle and infrastructure delivery which continues to play a leading position in the region's nationally recognised Plugged in Places programme.
Sally has championed the sustainable travel agenda locally, nationally and internationally in her roles as an Elected Director for ACT Travelwise and Board Director for Carplus.
Seminar Location:
Please join us on Wednesday 15/02/2012 between 13:00-15:00 in Room 2.32, Cassie Building, Claremont Road, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.
The Cassie Building is building number 49 on the Campus Map<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/printablemaps/map-campus.htm> and is about a 5-10 minute walk from Haymarket metro/bus interchange or Jesmond metro station, both of which are easily accessible from Newcastle Central station or Newcastle International Airport. Car parking in and around the University campus is limited, but Park and Ride options are available from seven metro stations within Newcastle - please see the Nexus website Metro Map<http://www.nexus.org.uk/sites/nexus.org.uk/files/images/metro/Metro_Map_3rd_A4.jpg> for more details.
Further information:
The TORG seminars are intended to disseminate ongoing research and encourage detailed discussions of a diverse range of transport topics in an informal environment - for further information on a specific seminar, please contact Dr. Dilum Dissanayake<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Dr. Gareth Evans<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The TORG seminars are part of a wider programme within the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences<http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/> all of which are free of charge and open for external guests to attend. Please let Miss Emma Simblett<mailto:[log in to unmask]> know if you wish to attend a TORG seminar to allow names of external guests to be noted. After the seminar, and where suitable content is available, we try to make the presentations available online<http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/seminars/index.htm>, subject to our presenters giving their permission for us to do so.
We look forward to seeing you.
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