Momo Car-Sharing

Momo Car-Sharing is an Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) project intended to promote a sustainable mobility culture supporting various transport options aside from car ownership. It has a total budget of €2,693,644, 50% co-financed by the European Union. The project acronym momo stands for more options for energy efficient mobility through Car-Sharing.

The project started 1 October 2008 and includes 14 partners (listed below) from various EU countries. The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the German association for CarSharing (Bundesverband CarSharing bcs) also actively support the project.

The City of Bremen – project coordinator – was selected with its Car-Sharing system as "Urban Best Practice" to be permanently presented on the World Exposition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai. The momo-project was presented in workshops on the EXPO and served as a reference for the inauguration of Car-Sharing in Shanghai.

The Bremen Car-Sharing Action Plan has also received the Travel Planning Award 2010 of the German Town Planner's Association SRL.

Carsharing

Carsharing or car sharing (US) or car clubs (UK) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. They are attractive to customers who make only occasional use of a vehicle, as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle of a different type than they use day-to-day. The organization renting the cars may be a commercial business or the users may be organized as a company, public agency, cooperative, or ad hoc grouping.

Carsharing services are available in over a thousand cities in many nations. Services include Autolib', City Car Club, JustRide GoGet, Greenwheels, JustShareIt, Stadtmobil, GoCar, Zoom, OpenFleet, and Zipcar. Traditional car rental companies have introduced their own car sharing services, including Hertz on Demand, Enterprise CarShare by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Avis On Location by Avis, and Uhaul Car Share by U-Haul. Notable co-operatively owned carsharing organizations include Modo (car co-op) and Community CarShare. Co-Wheels uses a UK community interest company model which it franchises to local groups. In addition, car manufacturers have also introduced their own carsharing services, including Daimler's Car2Go, BMW's DriveNow, Volkswagen's Quicar.