Car share scheme gives Warwickshire employees a lift

A car share scheme that is already helping tens of thousands of people across the UK save money and be kinder to the planet has been signed up to by Warwickshire County Council and a number of the county’s other big employers.

Liftshare is the largest car share network in the UK and the County Council is now using the scheme to help its employees across the county link up with each other and with other people outside the Council who are making the same journeys.

Other local employers that have got on board with Liftshare include JLR in Gaydon, who launched the scheme to their employees recently and now have three dedicated car share car parks. The RSC, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust and Stratford District Council have also signed up to the scheme.

The scheme is free for individuals to use and you don’t have to own a car to join. It takes just a few minutes to join via the http://carsharewarwickshire.liftshare.com website and to add any journeys that you’d like to share – which could be your commute to and from work.

Members of Liftshare can then search for other people going their way and ask for a lift, offer a lift or arrange to take turns driving a regular journey.

Warwickshire County Council is using Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) money from the Department for Transport (DfT) to fund its involvement in the scheme, which forms part of its Stratford Parkway and Access to Stations projects. Businesses pay an annual licence fee to have their own private Liftshare scheme.

Employers across the UK who have joined the Liftshare scheme include the BBC, Tesco, Heathrow Airport and the Environment Agency. For more information visit www.liftshare.com