AQW 4979/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 19/10/2022
Answered On Date: 24/10/2022
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what work has been carried out by his Department to facilitate the creation of car sharing clubs.

Answer:

My Department is currently considering how cleaner transport, new business models and new modes of travel can transform how people, goods and services move, as part of our work in developing options for inclusion in our new suite of Transport Plans.

Members of the public already have access to Car Club vehicles in several urban areas across the North. Additionally, a number of developers have recently included Car Clubs in their Travel Plans for residential developments in Belfast, and these are measures which are actively encouraged by my Department.

I believe that the greater use of more efficient, on-demand transport schemes, such as Car Clubs, would help to enable better integrated services, help to reduce emissions, and ease congestion in our towns and cities.

Virtually all Car Clubs across other jurisdictions operate as commercial businesses, and as such my Department has no plans to actively establish or operate them, I do however look forward to further operators entering the market and widening access to this service.