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London and Brighton, hardly typical of UK, being selfish now, but, car clubs won't fit my lifestyle or anyone I know, can't live in West Mid's and visit Wales every weekend and before anyone says anything about second home ownership, tough, anybody from any background can educate themselves into a better job, people selling houses in Wales don't accept a lower bid from a local who has probably wasted their school days and blames everybody but themselves rant over

Originally posted by 423zero Very difficult to get a balanced forecast of future car ownership, every one I have found are pushing what they think should happen, rather than what will happen. I have just read an article were the author categorically states 'young people today are so used to car clubs, they will not even consider owning a car'. Who has even seen a club owned car ? Trains, Trams and cabs, not answering OP's original question. What happened before the rise of personal transport ?

   I only know one person in a car club, but I've worked in London and Brighton a bit, lots of people under 35 or so in both places happily not owning cars. The economics of public transport are different if you avoid the 000's a year in capital cost. A lot of older people are starting from the premise of 'needing' to commute 20 miles, 'generation rent' would move closer to work. As would many  of our parents before about 1970. As for open meetings, I joined a FB page for trading Lasers, there are an awful lot of people chartering for events. Maybe we'll see more of that, either individuals chartering a boat, or events based on charter fleets? Sunsail keep a fleet of 30(?) yachts busy so maybe we'll see a fleet of LP Por*stars rented out to different people every weekend or week? One week it's BUSA, next week it's the Endeavour or something?

Very difficult to get a balanced forecast of future car ownership, every one I have found are pushing what they think should happen, rather than what will happen. I have just read an article were the author categorically states 'young people today are so used to car clubs, they will not even consider owning a car'. Who has even seen a club owned car ?

Edited by 423zero - 18 Feb 22 at 11:06am

Yup, you are right of course but the Dutch manage it, as do the Austrians, the Swedes and the Danes 

Originally posted by Do Different ... Why ignore the fact that we already have a functioning E transport system in railways, pile a bit more money into alternatives to spread the load.

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 18 Feb 22 at 9:50am