Community-Owned Transport

City and state governments worldwide are struggling to achieve environmentally sustainable transport. Until now, it has been assumed that transport ownership can only be public or private._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ This book claims that communal ownership provides unique opportunities for providing personal mobility. Community ownership is explored through the new ‘sharing economy’ developments - car sharing, ridesharing and bicycle share schemes - and older social innovations in eco-villages and communal living. Models and practices of community ownership of transport are given and it also discusses how community ownership might contribute to sustainable transport.