More And More People Are Using Car-Sharing in Hungary

Driving habits are changing, with 25-30% more people using car-sharing last year than a year earlier, the Future Mobility Alliance told MTI on Thursday.

According to their data, vehicles by the three big Hungarian carsharing providers – GreenGo, wigo and Mol Limo – have covered more than 70 million kilometers with their cars since their launch. 

Experts estimate that car-sharing can replace up to 6-12 private or company-owned cars in urban transport, reducing congestion, the number of occupied parking spaces and the size of traffic jams, they said.

According to the association, shared cars occupy far fewer parking spaces than private cars, so the more widespread they become, the more parking spaces are freed up.

András Kárpáti, president of the Future Mobility Alliance, said in the statement that their goal is to integrate carsharing solutions more closely into the metropolitan transport system, so that car-sharing can provide a sustainable alternative to car transport for as many people as possible.