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About kentcarshare
What is kentcarshare?kentcarshare is a free, simple, secure scheme that enables you to register your car journey and find others to share the costs. Why? Too many peak-time journeys are made by a lone car driver. In fact, over 80% of work journeys by car are driver-only. Too many cars, too many empty seats - causing pollution, nuisance, and costing everyone time and money. Why use kentcarshare?kentcarshare is a free, secure, internet-based service that's easy-to-use. The kentcarshare service allows you to register your journeys, and find passengers or drivers to share regular or one-off journeys. How does kentcarshare work?Kentcarshare.com is the regional carsharing scheme for businesses and the public. Follow this guide to help you register your details and search for matches. (For those parents and schools wishing to join the school-run scheme follow the links appropriately). Follow the New Users section If you are a member of the public and do not work for one of the companies listed then register as a general public user. Alternatively if your organisation or company has set up a private scheme then select your company from the menu. After completing the quick and straightforward New User Registration Form, new members can then add their journey details. For added security and to ensure all email contact details are correct an activation email and link will be sent to you so you can activate your new liftshare account. You will then be able to search for matches amongst hundreds of members across Kent . For those within a private group you will be able to initially search within your group and then be able to search on the public database. An advanced search option is also available. Users can edit, modify, activate/deactivate add or remove any journey. A FAQ section and comprehensive ‘Help' facility are incorporated. You are advised to read the advice given. There are already hundreds of users signed up across the region, so don't delay and register today. Who runs kentcarshare?The kentcarshare service is provided by liftshare, one of the largest providers of online car sharing schemes in the country, on behalf of Kent County Council. liftshare operates over 500 car sharing schemes in the UK . Kent County Council and its partners promote car sharing across Kent through kentcarshare. We encourage individuals and organisations in Kent to set up or join a car sharing scheme, to help us reduce congestion and pollution on our roads. Who are liftshare?liftshare.com Ltd is a well-established, online car sharing scheme provider that operates schemes for councils and organisations throughout the UK . liftshare currently operates over 500 car sharing schemes throughout the UK . Nearly 170,000 journeys have so far been logged on car sharing schemes operated by liftshare. Why has Kent County Council created kentcarshare?We want to reduce congestion and pollution in Kent by encouraging sustainable travel. We believe that car sharing will be a popular convenient step for individals and companies that will make a real difference to reducing the number of cars journeys made in Kent The scheme is part of the New Ways 2 Work initiative. New Ways 2 Work is a Kent County Council and partners initiative to raise the awareness of green travel issues, promote sustainable ways to travel and encourage companies in Kent to develop Travel Plans. More information on New Ways 2 Work. |
