Car sharing: is now the time to give up owning a vehicle?

More people are saving money and helping the environment by using shared or hired vehiclesIt has been two years since Richard Scarborough ditched his ageing diesel vehicle in favour of using car clubs, and the 60-year-old graphic designer from Hackney says he can't see himself ever going back.In Oxford, Emily Kerr is part of a carshare in which 20 households share seven neighbour-owned vehicles. She is so delighted with the way it has gone that she has started helping others set up similar schemes. Continue reading...