Car sharing project

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Memo

To: (Your name here), Senior Analyst

From: Janet Wrexham, City Manager

CC: Ted Brown, Director Special Projects

Date: 1/24/2016

Re: Car Sharing

Hi (your name here),

You’ll have seen in the newspapers that city council has passed the Car Sharing proposal. We need to move quickly to realize this exciting proposal. You and Ted will be working together on this one. Ted will be developing the organizational structure and operations plan for the pilot project while you will be developing the IT aspect. The specific outputs required from you are detailed in the COMP361 Assignment Overview.

Car sharing is an interesting solution to a number of urban planning problems, and clearly one that is effective considering its rapidly growing popularity. You should be familiar with the problems it is meant to address and the range of solutions that has been implemented across Europe and North America. The reports listed below are a good starting point for an exploration of the world of car sharing.

My assistant will in touch to set a time and place for our first full meeting of the project team. I look forward to working with you on this exciting project!

Suggested sources

“Business Planning Study: Car Sharing in Portland, Oregon”

“Making Car Sharing and Car Clubs Work: A Good Practice Guide” from the UK Department of Transport.

“Car Sharing in Practice: The TOSCA Take-Up Guide” from the city of Bologna.

These are available on a number of Web sites. Plug the title into a search engine, and take your pick. Or simply search on any combination of the words “car sharing share club.”