Hugely positive review after a year of car sharing in the Principality

To mark European Mobility Week, which began on Thursday 16 September, an update on car sharing was organised with the various stakeholders, including government departments and partner companies, on 17 September. A comprehensive and positive review of the issue quickly gave way to a lively discussion involving all participants.

A new car sharing solution was officially launched in the Principality in September 2020. Flexible, configurable and particularly suited to home-to-work journeys, the solution is based on the app from Klaxit, France’s leading car sharing app for short-distance travel. It is now used by 27 organisations, all of whom have signed up to the National Energy Transition Pact, representing a total of around 13,000 employees.

It is worth remembering that, every day, 50,000 French and Italian employees travel to the Principality, most of them by car, with an average occupancy rate of 1.1 people per vehicle. This influx of employees is essential to the Principality’s economic momentum, but poses a considerable challenge, particularly in terms of congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

The initiative is being led by the Mission for Energy Transition and the Department of Forward Studies, Urban Planning and Mobility – which both fall under the Ministry of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development – and by the Digital Transition Office as part of the Extended Monaco programme. It is a perfect illustration of the Prince’s Government’s proactive and ambitious policy on public transport and shared mobility. This public–private collaboration is the realisation of the State’s determination to reduce car traffic by 20% by 2030 (compared with 2019), while absorbing additional traffic resulting from Monaco’s economic development. The target is to return to the levels of traffic seen in 1990.

When it was launched, the project offered co-funding from the Government for the first six months, which was ultimately extended until the end of 2021. The goal is to quickly achieve a critical mass of users in a bid to create a virtuous circle and make it possible to assess how effective the solution is for commuters. The advantages of co-funding and a guaranteed return journey apply to anyone travelling to or from the Principality.

Since the project was launched, nearly 230,000 kilometres have been co-funded and 25.5 tonnes of CO₂ have been saved. In particularly encouraging figures, more than 25,000 kilometres are travelled every month, and this is still growing...

Finally, this car sharing solution offers a particularly relevant alternative to the disruption currently being experienced on the TER Sud PACA rail network due to the work being carried out on tunnels, requiring a switch to a single line until next April. It would therefore appear to be the perfect time to start car sharing with Klaxit Covoiturage rather than resorting to solo car journeys.

Full information is available on: https://www.klaxit.com/

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© Government Communication Department / Michael Alesi

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