Cork City Council, Traffic Division recently announced the arrival in Cork of GoCar, the first Irish car-sharing club of its generation.

Car-sharing in urban areas is a cost-effective alternative to owning your own car. It allows people access to a car when they need it, from a place near their home or workplace. The car can be used for short trips lasting as little as an hour or booked for a few days. You only pay for the hours you keep the car and the distance you drive.

Car-sharing clubs have been successfully implemented in various European countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Britain.

The advantages of a car-sharing club are numerous:

• Affordable: a lot cheaper than owning a car as you just pay for the time the car is in use and the distance driven.
• Easy to use: after registration you just book it, jump in the car and drive away.
• Flexible: book a car for as little as an hour, on-line or calling a booking centre.
• Planet-friendly: car-sharing globally reduces parking pressure and car use, helping to combat pollution and climate change.
• Reserved parking: cars are conveniently located in reserved places close to where you live or work.

The city of Cork will be the first location in Ireland where GoCar will be established,

GoCar is being implemented in partnership with cambio CarSharing, which operates and supports CarSharing in nine German and 13 Belgian cities and has nearly 20 years experience of CarSharing.

The initial GoCar fleet consists of 8 vehicles, 6 Ford Fiestas, 1 Ford Focus and 1 Ford Transit Connect van. They will be spread across 3 GoBases (dedicated parking stations) near City Hall (Anglesea Street), near UCC (College View) and by Clark’s Bridge (Wandesford Quay).

For more information get in touch with Traffic Division and GoCar to get more information or to give your opinion:

Traffic Division, Cork City Council, City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork.
Tel: 021 492 4452
Email: traffic@corkcity.ie

GoCar
LoCall : 1890 446 227
Email : info@gocar.ie
Website : www.gocar.ie

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