Car sharing - Definition and Overview

Car sharing is a system under which either through cooperative ownership or through some other mechanism multiple households share a pool of automobiles and sometimes other vehicles. Typically, the participants in such a program are city dwellers most of whose transportation needs are met by public transit, walking, or bicycling. Some households use a car share as an alternative to the hassles of owning (or parking) a second car.

See Also

• CarSharing.net (http://www.carsharing.net/) - List of North American cities with car shares
• City Car Share (http://citycarshare.org/)
• Flexcar
• Zipcar