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SHARE-North “Dare to Share” Webinar – Sharing vs. $haring

SHARE-North “Dare to Share” Webinar – Sharing vs. $haring

Missed the Sharing vs. $haring webinar today? You can download the presentations here!

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20 Jan 2017
“The Future is Shared” Event in West Yorkshire

“The Future is Shared” Event in West Yorkshire

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority hosted an ACT Travelwise event on December 6th, 2016 in Leeds, titled “The Future is Shared”. Alistair Kirkbride and Antonia Roberts from Carplus and Bikeplus (UK) presented on the rapidly evolving world of car clubs (aka car-sharing), ride-sharing and bike-sharing. Carplus and Bikeplus lead in maximising the social, environmental and economic benefits of shared transport by accelerating uptake of best practice and nurturing innovation across the UK. The event with 40 members from the West Yorkshire Travel Plan Network focussed on assessing the impact that mainstreaming shared mobility options could have on travel behaviour and how these schemes can contribute to Mobility as a Service.

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13 Jan 2017
OECD Expert Workshop on Autonomous (Passenger) Transport in Ottawa

OECD Expert Workshop on Autonomous (Passenger) Transport in Ottawa

On personal invitation by the OECD International Transport Forum (ITF), the City of Bremen (represented by Michael Glotz-Richter) participated in an expert forum to further reflect potential and risks of autonomous for passenger transport. Michael Keenan, Canadian Deputy Transport Minister welcomed the 28 experts from 10 countries from around the world for the two-day workshop at the Canadian Ministry for Transport in Ottawa (December 5-6, 2016).

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05 Jan 2017
From Ownership To Access: What Behavioural Economists Teach Us About Sharing

From Ownership To Access: What Behavioural Economists Teach Us About Sharing

Aristotle already knew it: “On the whole, you find wealth much more in use than in ownership”. According to the Greek philosopher, private property is a good thing, but it’s even better when people are able to use their goods along with others. Trend watchers predict a shift form ownership to usage. Those who want to promote this development should take notice of recent insights from behavioural economics. Owning but also not-owning goods strongly influence our behaviour. How is that possible? And what does this mean for car-sharing? This blog addresses these questions.

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02 Jan 2017