[sustran] Re: "many people misunderstand car sharing and car-pooling. It is not the time."

[Lee Schipper]

Not sure I agree about car sharing..in most developing countries getting
a driver license is a big hurdle, and car sharing requires that..once cs
has stimulated more folks to get licenses and then to taste car
ownership, I think it iwll stimulate them to become car owners. 
There are also basic issues of liabiltiy,theft etc... Not sure how
these play out.. but I fear car sharing will accelerate car
ownership/use..

>>> "Eric Britton" <eric.britton at ecoplan.org> 07/06/06 2:44 AM >>>
Dear Zhu,

 

There are situations in which "not the time" is the best time.

 

My small (and most respectful) way of saying that since carsharing has
or
can have a certain, call it, Yuppie image, it strikes me that it just
might
be marketable in . . . 

 

BTW, carsharing does not save the world or even cities. But it can be
one of
a very large number of percent solutions, which when you put the all
together you just might have a far more sustainable transport systems.

 

Requires thought (including driving out a lot of old thoughts from our
busy
minds that are probably the most important challenge) and then good old
hard
work.

 

Bottom line: Carsharing could work in China, but needs a hero.

 

Eric Britton

 

 

Hi,

 

I did not have much time to the long article about car in China.  But,
yes,
car sharing is a new concept for most China people, and many people
misunderstand car sharing and car-pooling. It is not the time.

 

 

Zhu Songli

Beijing