This document summarizes a symposium on car sharing in 2016. It analyzes data on car sharing in 177 cities across 5 European countries. The top cities for car sharing per capita are Karlsruhe, Utrecht, and Amsterdam, while the top cities for total shared cars are Paris, Berlin, and London. Key factors influencing car sharing adoption in a city include country, city size, education levels, environmental attitudes, public transit usage, and presence of other shared transport options. P2P car sharing is also influenced by a city's history, while B2C car sharing correlates with education, environmentalism, and bikesharing/university presence.

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shareNL symposium autodelen
27 september 2016
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STATE OF CAR SHARING
KARLA MÜNZEL

3. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Database
• Cities in 5 countries
• Cities with >150.000
inhabitants
• 177 cities
United
Kingdom
Germany France Nether-
lands
Belgium
Number of
cities
60 53 46 13 5

4. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Numbers of shared cars
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100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Belgium Germany France The
Netherlands
United
Kingdom
Meannumberofcarspercity
P2P cars
B2C RT cars
B2C OW cars

5. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Top Carsharing Cities
Utrecht Amster-
dam
Karlsruhe
Shared cars per
1.000 inhabitants
(First Belgian city:
Gent as 36th)
1.
2.
3.
Berlin London
Paris
Shared cars
in total (First Belgian city:
Brussels as 24th)
Amster
dam
1.
2.
3.
4.

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Top Carsharing Cities
All B2C P2P
Shared cars
per 1.000
inhabitants
Karlsruhe 2,37 Karlsruhe 2,23 Montpellier 2,02
Utrecht 2,14 Stuttgart 1,52 Bordeaux 1,77
Amsterdam 2,10 Amsterdam 1,25 Versailles 1,75
Montpellier 2,02 Köln 1,19 Toulouse 1,71
(First Belgian city: Gent as
36th)
(First Belgian city: Gent as
23rd)
(Utrecht as 7th;
Gent as 41st)
Shared cars
in total
Paris 11.342 Paris 3.826 Paris 7.516
Berlin 3.221 Berlin 2.676 Lyon 1.453
London 2.585 London 1.955 Lille 1.386
Amsterdam 2.172 München 1.589 Bordeaux 1.295
(First Belgian city: Brussels
as 24th)
(First Belgian city: Brussels
as 16th)
(Amsterdam as 9th;
Brussels as 43rd)

7. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
What influences the number
of shared cars in a city?
+ Country
+ Large city size
+ Large share of highly educated people
+ Large share of environment-minded
people
+ High share of public transit use

8. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
What influences the number
of shared P2P cars in a city?
+ Country
+ Large city size
+ Large share of highly educated people
+ High share of public transit use
+ city history
+ Presence of other carsharing types

9. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
What influences the number
of shared B2C cars in a city?
+ Country
+ Large city size
+ Large share of highly educated people
+ Large share of environment-minded
people
+ Presence of a bikesharing system
+ Presence of an university

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Drive Change
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