Best Practices

Liftshare

UK Based organization

liftshare is a social enterprise. It was set up in 1998 with the initial aim of making more efficient use of the millions of empty car seats on UK roads by encouraging and enabling more people to share their car journeys.

The success of liftshare’s national network of online car sharing systems encouraged the development of several more innovative transport solutions. Feedback from clients has helped us to ensure they are fit for purpose and will help communities to support a variety of sustainable transport measures.

Postal address*:
liftshare.com ltd
Butterfly Hall, Attleborough
Norfolk, England. NR17 1AB

Email:
info@liftshare.com

Fax:
+44 (0)1953 452711Tel:
+44 (0)8700 780225

To view their case study.  Click on  PDF  Document below

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Toronto , Ontario Canada

Smart Commute

http://www.smartcommute404-7.ca/Media_Archives.htm

US  Research

Today 69% of American drivers say they like to drive, down from 79% in a 1991 Gallup survey. And just 23% say they consider their car “something special — more than just a way to get around,” barely half of the 43% who felt this way in 1991.

The biggest reason for the cooling of the affair isn’t the recent spike in gas prices. Rather, it appears to be the result of a longer term trend — the growing hassle of traffic congestion, according to a Pew Research Center telephone survey among a nationally representative sample of 1,182 adults (including 1,048 drivers) conducted from June 20 through July 16, 2006.

For  More Details

http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/316/americans-and-their-cars-is-the-romance-on-the-skids