More Car Club Cars on Balham Streets

More car club cars on Balham streets as Wandsworth Council continues its efforts to expand the environmentally friendly, money saving scheme. 

 

The roll-out of new vehicles means all Balham residents now have a low cost, pay-as-you-go hire car within a short walk of their home.

There are more than 30 car club bays in Balham alone and this figure is set to rise in the early part of this year.

The Council first introduced on-street hire cars in 2007. Since then the number of local people using the scheme has rocketed and is now among the highest in London.

Council transport spokesman Cllr Russell King said:

"Wandsworth is already the car club capital of south London and these new bays will bring the schemes within easy reach of more local people.  Car clubs have proved extremely popular in Wandsworth and we will continue to do all we can to encourage further expansion.

"As membership grows it helps to reduce the number of cars on our streets, eases traffic congestion and frees up parking spaces.

"The cars are modern, fuel efficient and well maintained which is good news for local air quality. The scheme also leads to less driving as the cost is more transparent and members tend to walk or cycle short journeys rather than automatically jumping in the car."

The new on-street car club spaces are being managed by three different car club operators - Zipcar (formerly Streetcar), City Car Club and Greenwheels.

Each operator offers cars on a pay-as-you-go basis which can be picked up from a local bay used for as little as one hour at a time before being returned to the same spot. The cars can be booked on-line or over the phone.

For more information and to find your nearest car club vehicle visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/carclub

Or for information on car clubs in Lambeth borough, call Saleem Patel on 020 7926 9004 or email: spatel2@lambeth.gov.uk