Car clubs
Car clubs are privately operated ‘pool cars’ and members of the club can book a car as little as an hour before use. Bookings can be for an hour, for 2 to 3 days or longer and is cheaper than conventional car hire. You can book online or by phone, and payment is by the hour and/or miles travelled.
Car clubs encourage people to forego private car ownership and they are also attractive to people that make very limited use of a car. While not having the expense of buying, insuring and maintaining their own vehicle, members have access to a car that is parked conveniently in dedicated parking spaces within a few minutes walk of their home. Research has shown that car club cars replace between 6 to 20 privately owned vehicles.
New car club spaces can be found throughout Richmond upon Thames to provide residents, visitors and businesses with another alternative to the private car. These have been installed under an Experimental Traffic Order which allows an extended 6 month consultation period before proposing to make spaces permanent.
- Calculate how much you could save using a car clubs car.
- Find a car club parking bay in Richmond upon Thames.
- Car Club review
Car Club operators
There are three Car Club operators in Richmond upon Thames with cars parked across the borough:
Contact Transport and Highways
Comments on the car club experimental bays can be sent to:
Car Clubs
Transport and Highways
2nd Floor, Civic Centre,
44 York Street
Twickenham
TW1 3BZ