City Car Club Comes to Chiswick

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Parking bays set for The Avenue, Acton Lane and Fairlawn Grove.

Local councillors voted this week to press ahead for a number of car club parking bays to be introduced on The Avenue, Acton Lane and Fairlawn Grove.

Car clubs allow local residents to book cars by the hour, day or as long as they want – online or by telephone. Members of the club access the cars by using a security PIN code and a swipe card.

There are a variety of tariffs to suit both the occasional and more regular car user. Cars have their designated parking bays for members to collect and return after their booking.

Southfield Ward Cllrs Gary Malcolm and Harvey Rose met with James Finlayson, Director of City Car Club, to discuss the consultation about the proposed car club bays.

Transport spokesman, Gary Malcolm, said, “Lib Dems say that car clubs are a great idea because they save money for residents and reduce the number of cars parked in our streets. For every one Car Club parking bay six residents sell their car and use the car club car because it is often cheaper.”

He added, “The council will be consulting residents on proposed locations soon and the Lib Dems want to get the details right so the car club will be popular and used by residents.”

James Finlayson, Director of City Car Club, said, “Car sharing clubs are a relatively new concept that has considerable local benefits. City Car Club already has 15 cars working successfully across the borough and demand is such that we hope to double this number over the next few months. New locations will allow even more local residents and businesses to benefit from being a member and will further contribute to improving the local environment by reducing car ownership and overall car journeys undertaken.”

 

Bay Location	Number of bays proposed	Description of location
Acton Lane, Chiswick Park	2	2 in Acton Lane. Northern side. By Chiswick Park underground station.
Fairlawn Grove, Chiswick Park	2	Proposed double bay outside 14-16 Fairlawn Grove. Zone B permit holders only.
The Avenue, Southfield	2	Proposed double bay outside numbers 4 and 6 The Avenue
The Avenue, Southfield	2	Proposed double bay at the northern most of 4 bays, West side, north of bus stop just north of South Parade.

Both Cllr Gary Malcolm and City Car's James Finlayson are keen to hear local residents' views on the proposed scheme and would like to invite comments on the following points:

1. Reduced car ownership meaning less cars parked on the streets, fewer cars being produced meaning less co2 and fewer front gardens being converted to parking bays

2. Fewer car journeys are made by car club members means less congestion, cleaner air greater use of public transport cycling and walking.

3. Money saving - no need to buy a car and say goodbye to insurance servicing tax MOT depreciation - literally pay as you go motoring.

Views and comments should be emailed to editor@chiswickw4.com

More information on our local car club, including locations of existing cars, can be found on www.citycarclub.co.uk

March 16, 2007