Urban car clubs taking off …?

Hertz, which buys half a million cars annually is about to launch a car club to serve people that live in cities and would like access to a car without teh cost and trouble of owning one.  This initative is very encouraging.  If it works well it should remove cars from the streets of cities, increase public transport use and even reduce the weight of vehicles on the roads as people share the ownership of cars.  It may also encourage more environmentally benign vehicles as the car club will be able to afford higher specification vehicles.  And because Hertz is doing it, others are likely to follow sooner rather than later.

BBC’s report is here.