Developer Solutions

As congestion, traffic and CO₂ emissions increase, it is becoming increasingly necessary for developers to ensure their development has little or no impact on the road network and the environment through the development of a Residential Travel Plan.  One of the aims that is commonly included within travel plans is to encourage residents to car share.

Some of the many benefits include:

• An increase in the amount of space available for development due to a reduction in the number of parking spaces required;
• A decrease in car park construction and maintenance costs;
• Improved marketability as a result of offering residents an attractive service;
• A contribution to the achievement of sustainable urban environments;
• Helps solve accessibility and social inclusion issues;
• Can provide a key component of a development-wide travel framework; and
• Can unlock sites for development that have been neglected due to a lack of suitable parking or accessibility.

There are two ways that residents can take advantage of the CamShare car matching service:

1. Private Car Share Groups

• This system provides residents with additional security. All communications with prospective car sharers are undertaken (at least initially) via email contact.
• You, the developer, determines the ‘boundary’ to your private group. For example larger developments may find limiting searching to other residents is sufficient.
• However, a greater pool of car sharers can be provided by linking your private groups to others in your geographical area; perfect car share matches may be across the road! CamShare allows residents to find those matches.

Other advantages of a setting up a Private Car Share Group include:

Marketing car sharing

• Joining a Private Car Share Group will also link you into the regular CamShare promotions that encourage the take-up of car sharing. These promotions are run by the Travel for Work Partnership and Cambridgeshire County Council.
• In addition you will have the advice and support of your allocated Liftshare Project Officer who will be able to advise you on internal marketing of the scheme.

Monitoring usage

• In addition a Private Car Share Group gives you access to CamShare’s excellent monitoring and communication tools. This is very important for developments that are using car sharing as part of wider travel plan.

Support

• Each private scheme is 100% automated and needs no intervention from you to facilitate matches. Private groups will be assigned a Project Officer by Liftshare enabling dedicated access and support.

Cost

• To provide the support and security for these private groups there is a cost. Charges are based on the size of your development.
• There are one-off registration and licence fees in year one. From year two you will be charged a percentage licence fee – see table below.

Number of Dwellings	Number of Residents*	One-off Registration Fee	One-off Year One License Fee	License Fee from Year Two
100	250	£200	£500	£133
250	625	£500	£1,250	£333
500	1250	£1,000	£2,500	£665
1000	2500	£2,000	£5,000	£1,330

* Number of dwellings x 2.5 (average number of residents per dwelling)

2. Open Car Share Groups

You can promote www.camshare.co.uk to your residents who can join for free using their email address. They will then be a part of the ‘open’ CamShare system which links to the liftshare.com database on the Internet.

Next Steps

Developers wishing to join CamShare should contact Liftshare to discuss the arrangements - see contact page