Title: Carsharing: A Guide for Local Planners
Publication Information: American Planning Association
Author(s): Adam Cohen, Susan Shaheen, and Ryan McKenzie
Document Date: May/June 2008
Number of Pages: 11
Price: $0
Abstract:
Transportation issues can create seemingly no-win conflicts for planners,
whether it's dealing with traffic demand management, wrangling over
parking requirements, addressing quality of life issues that accompany
traffic congestion, or trying to reduce vehicle emissions to forestall
climate change. A new "product-as-service" approach to vehicle use, called
carsharing, is springing up in major metropolitan markets, smaller
districts, and university campuses all across the country. Where the
conditions are right to support carsharing, these programs can give
planners another flexible tool to help address these issues in their
communities. Carsharing: A Guide for Local Planners provides an overview
of what local governments and urban planners need to know about carsharing
and key policies that can be used to encourage carsharing as a
transportation alternative in your city.
Keywords:
Carsharing, local planners, urban planning, carsharing parking, carsharing taxation