VPP Projects Not Involving Tolls
Category: Projects that Make Auto Use Costs Variable

CALIFORNIA: Car Sharing in the City of San Francisco

City CarShare is the nation's only non-profit, fully automated car-sharing program. Its vehicles are located throughout the City of San Francisco, and coverage is expanding rapidly throughout the Bay Area. Prior to the end of the study, there were 2,700 members sharing 80 vehicles, located in the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Mountain View, and at twelve Bay Area Rapid Transit stations. Surveys of members and a comparable group of non-members (located in similar neighborhoods, but without convenient car sharing) suggested a decrease in driving from members, reduction in gasoline consumption and emissions, and sizable dollar and travel time savings, suggesting that cars were used to replace some of the least convenient off-peak transit trips. Future surveys were used to determine how vehicle ownership and residential location choices, when combined with the availability of car sharing, affect travel patterns.

Study Completed

Existing reports prepared by Prof. Robert Cervero are available on FHWA's Web site at: http://knowledge.fhwa.dot.gov/cops/hcx.nsf/home?openform&Group=Value Pricing&tab=REFERENCEBYALPHA and select the project name. Final report by Dr. Cervero is expected soon.

For More Information Contact

Rick Hutchinson
Executive Director
Phone: (415) 995-8588
E-mail: rick@citycarshare.org
www.citycarshare.org

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