Without Mobility, Geneva would have a traffic problem. An independent report shows that car sharing in the city saves around 2,800 private cars as well as the respective parking spaces.
On average, each Mobility vehicle replaces 18 privately owned cars
The congestion-relieving effect of car sharing is well known. However, the Mobility Cooperative wanted to know for sure and had the effect investigated independently. To this end, the consultancy firm BSS Volkswirtschaftliche Beratung conducted a survey of its members in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland OST. The result is impressive – on average, each Mobility car replaces 18 private cars. Study co-author Fabiana Kappeler says: “The results show that, according to their own assessment, the respondents would own significantly more cars without Mobility. Mobility’s car sharing offer means that parking space can be saved on a massive scale – space that is then available for other uses.”
Here you can find the summary of the study in German and French.
In the city of Geneva, the avoidance rate of private cars is even higher than the Swiss average: Here, each Mobility car replaces 21 private cars. Taking all the Cooperative’s shared cars in the city together, around 2,800 cars are not required. In terms of parking spaces, this corresponds to an area of around 36’000 square metres – or just under half of the Plaine de Plainpalais.
Car sharing reduces private motorised transport
The report also looked at the level of motorisation of households. In the cities studied, this shows that the number of cars per 1’000 people is on average at least twice as high as in households with a Mobility subscription. Fabiana Kappeler says: “Thanks to the car sharing scheme, many Mobility customers do without a private car entirely. This has a direct impact on mobility behaviour: People who do not own a car are more likely to travel by public transport, bicycle or on foot. This also means a reduction in individual motorised transport.”
Strong argument for more shared mobility
“For me, the results of the study are a huge incentive for further expanding our offer,” says Mobility CEO Roland Lötscher. “If we want to overcome the mobility challenges in Switzerland, we need a significantly higher proportion of car sharing in the mobility mix.” To achieve this, Mobility intends to work even more closely with cities, cantons, companies and upper-level apartments in future. “Together, we want to make sustainable mobility as easy as possible.”
Car sharing makes your street greener
How can this effect be illustrated? Using photos. To this end, roads were photographed in Switzerland’s largest cities. In these streets, so many cars were subsequently removed thanks to Mobility customers and replaced by green spaces, for example.
The picture shows Rue des Vollandes in the centre of Geneva. If Mobility were to move into this street, 21 private cars could be eliminated.With or without Mobility? You can decide for yourself which street you prefer to live in:
