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Deputy Lindsey de Sausmarez this week reiterated her support for shared mobility schemes, saying "they are a way of potentially improving the affordability of transport" for those who can't afford their own car, while also freeing up space in new housing developments.
Answering questions at a Scrutiny hearing, the President of the Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure said she is very enthusiastic about the idea of shared mobility schemes.
The Scrutiny panel, headed up by Deputy Yvonne Burford, asked the E&I panel about new housing developments and transport infrastructure.
"...there are sort of two main ways that we can think about it," she explained.
"One is car shares, which is, for example, car clubs. These are very, very common in pretty much every other jurisdiction, and basically, the concept of that is, if you're a member of a car club, it doesn't have to be a car, it could be vans etc, you simply use an app to find an available vehicle and you rent it for that particular journey that you require.
"There's also lifts share, which is a sort of a variation on a theme which is using people's existing privately owned transport and just making better use of it."
Pictured: Damon Hackley, Deputy Lindsey de Sausmarez, Deputy Adrian Gabriel, and Claire Barrett represented E&I at last week's Scrutiny hearing.
Deputy de Sausmarez gave examples from the UK where data shows that every car club vehicle negates the need for 20 privately owned vehicles.
"I would not expect that to translate directly one for one in Guernsey, but if we can even reduce the need for a few additional private vehicles, that has a significantly positive impact on the amount of space that you can afford to the housing rather than the parking aspects of a development," she said.
"That's why I am very keen that shared mobility is included in plans for housing and indeed more generally. I think it is particularly pertinent for people who live in built up areas which do not have access to private parking."
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