The Science and Technology Select Committee have published a report warning that current rates of car ownership will prevent the UK from meeting its target to be Net Zero Carbon by 2050. The report states that government strategies should aim to reduce the total number of vehicles required. Among the suggestions proposed by the committee is the encouragement of the usership over ownership of vehicles. Car sharing and ride sharing are both innovations which challenge the current paradigm of the ownership of vehicles, and instead promote a system of access-based use.
