“In addition to giving residents more quality and affordable transportation options, Car Share Boston will also help reduce the City’s rate of carbon emissions.” “Car Share Boston increases resident’s access to cars without increasing the need for parking,” said Transportation Commissioner Greg Rooney. Based on the positive results from the pilot, the City is now expanding the program. The Car Share Boston program, previously named Drive Boston, saw significant utilization, with an average of 23 different people using these car-share vehicles each month. For example, car share members often sell or choose not to purchase a car, and for every car-share vehicle added to a neighborhood, there are up to thirteen vehicles removed from or not added to the streets. Based on academic research, car-sharing can provide more affordable access to a car for many residents and can actually reduce the need for parking. The expansion of car-share locations is one of the goals of Go Boston 2030. Thank you to all of our partners who helped create this expansion, continuing our work towards our Go Boston 2030 goals.” “By designating parking spaces throughout the city, Car Share Boston works to ensure these services are available in an equitable way to all of Boston’s neighborhoods. “I’m glad to expand the availability of Car Share Boston, which gives residents access to vehicles that are conveniently parked in their neighborhoods and available for their personal use,” said Mayor Walsh. Go Boston 2030, announced by Mayor Walsh in 2017, is the City’s comprehensive transportation plan that aims to make Boston’s neighborhoods interconnected for all modes of travel by ensuring that every home is within a 10 minute walk of a rail station or key bus route stop, bike share station, and car-share. The expansion would increase the number of parking spaces currently reserved for these car-share vehicles from 40 to 250 on local streets and in municipal lots located throughout Boston’s neighborhoods. Walsh and the City of Boston’s Transportation Department today announced the expansion of Car Share Boston, a Go Boston 2030 initiative that gives residents an alternative to personal vehicle ownership, and improves access to car share vehicles by leasing public parking spaces in municipal lots and on city streets to car-share operators.
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