City ponders merits of car sharing scheme

A NEW drive to introduce a car sharing scheme in Cork was stepped up a gear yesterday.

A firm of British sustainable transport experts has been drafted in by the city council to demonstrate to key groups how car sharing clubs could dramatically cut traffic levels in the city.

With financial backing from the Department of Transport, the council’s traffic division has asked Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy Ltd and Mendes Ltd to demonstrate the scheme at a major conference in the city in September.