Momo Car-Sharing Explained
Momo Car-Sharing was a car-sharing program conducted by Intelligent Energy Europe to promote alternatives to car ownership. It had a total budget of, half of which was co-financed by the European Union (EU). The project name momo was taken from the phrase "more options for energy efficient mobility through car-sharing".
The project started 1 October 2008 and included 14 partners from various EU countries. The International Association of Public Transport and Bundesverband CarSharing (the German association for car-sharing) also supported the project.
The program was part of a presentation by the city of Bremen in the Urban Best Practice Area at the World Exposition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai.[1] 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[2] of the German Town Planner's Association SRL.
Project objectives
Momo was designed as a component to reach the EU targets in the fields of transport, energy and the reduction of emissions. This European project aimed at raising the efficiency and attractiveness of Car-Sharing in Europe. By building on the potential of Car-Sharing in regards to saving energy, minimising greenhouse gases and improving the quality of urban live,[3] [4] a significant increase of the Car-Sharing services and the Car-Sharing demand had been aimed for. To reach those goals the project partner designed a concept that included all relevant stakeholders at most. These are next to local authorities and Car-Sharing providers, public transport providers, energy agencies and research facilities.
The project expected to have the following results:[5]
- more than 20,000 new car-sharers
- the reduction of about 58,000GJ p.a. and CO2 emissions of 6,000t p.a
- to replace 3,500 private cars and gain free space due to less parking spaces needed
- to acquire new regions where no car-share is present at the moment, with a special focus on Ireland, Finland and Greece
Notable facts
Notable facts of the momo project are:[6]
- Project name: momo Car-Sharing, more options for energy efficient mobility through Car-Sharing
- Supported by Intelligent Energy Europe
- Lead partner: Der Senator für Umwelt, Bau, Verkehr und Europa, Bremen, Germany
- Start of the project: 1 October 2008
- Ending date: 30 September 2011
- Duration: 35 months
- Total budget: €2,693,644
Project partners were:[7]
- Der Senator für Umwelt, Bau, Verkehr und Europa (The Senator for Environment, Building, Traffic and Europe), Bremen, Germany
- Cambio Mobilitätsservice GmbH & Co.KG, Bremen, Germany
- Bundesverband CarSharing (bcs), Hanover, Germany
- Mendes Limited, Cork, Ireland
- GoCar, Cork, Ireland
- Fundació Mobilitat Sostenible i Segura, Barcelona, Spain
- Motiva, Helsinki, Finland
- International Union for Public Transport UITP, Brussels, Belgium
- Bond Beter Leefmilieu, Brussels, Belgium
- Taxistop, Brussels, Belgium
- Institute for Environmental Policy, p.b.c., Prague, Czech Republic
- Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea (IME), Rome, Italy
- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA), Rome, Italy
- Center for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), Athens, Greece
Notes and References
- TV coverage about momo at EXPO 2010 in international Chinese TV: http://www.icshanghai.com/html/2010/09/06/3765.html
- Awarded by the German Town Planner's Association SRL (in German): Web site: SRL e.V. – Aktuelles: SRL-Verkehrsplanungspreis 2010 entschieden (Mi, 23. Juni 2010 10:01) . 2010-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085300/http://www.srl.de/message.php?dvopgid=8&id=665 . 19 July 2011 .
- Green, C (2009). Car-Sharing – Good for the Environment and the Budget. Web site: Car-Sharing – Good for the Environment and the Budget : Blue Planet Green Living . 2016-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301110941/http://www.organicgreenandnatural.com/2009/09/16/car-sharing-good-for-the-environment-and-the-budget/ . 1 March 2012 . . Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- Web site: The CarSharing Handbook (Part 1) . Rain Magazine . 2007-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070720225314/http://www.rainmagazine.com/handbook.htm . 20 July 2007.
- http://www.eaci-projects.eu/iee/page/Page.jsp?op=project_detail&prid=1879 More Options for Energy Efficient Mobility through Car-Sharing
- http://www.eaci-projects.eu/iee/page/Page.jsp?op=project_detail&prid=1879 More Options for Energy Efficient Mobility through Car-Sharing
- http://www.momo-cs.eu/index.php?obj=page&id=124&unid=67959317c50bff9ef2a16399fac4992e Momo Consortium