Car sharing in Coesfeld: Offer ends - but the city is already planning new plans!

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Coesfeld's car sharing offer discontinued: dissatisfaction among users and new solutions are being planned. Information about the future.

Coesfelds Carsharing-Angebot eingestellt: Unzufriedenheit bei Nutzern und neue Lösungen in Planung. Informationen zur Zukunft.
Coesfeld's car sharing offer discontinued: dissatisfaction among users and new solutions are being planned. Information about the future.

Car sharing in Coesfeld: Offer ends - but the city is already planning new plans!

The car sharing offer in Cologne has once again caused a stir. Christa and Klaus Deppe, who have been without their own car for a long time and enjoy the advantages of car sharing, are extremely dissatisfied with the sudden discontinuation of the offer. Loud azonline Users were not sufficiently informed about the decisions of the provider “Free2Move”, formerly “Share Now”. The franchisee “Wuddi” from Münster, who was responsible for the operation, unfortunately does not provide users with any satisfactory answers.

The move away from car sharing is a bitter disappointment, especially for the Deppes, as they have been very happy with the system so far. When they asked the city's mobility manager, they received no clear information about the background to the decision. It is particularly unfortunate that the car sharing model in the city was supported by public money. “Wuddi” received a guaranteed minimum monthly turnover of 550 euros per location, while the difference to the actual turnover was covered by funding from the state. Nevertheless, the station in Lette fell well short of expectations last year.

New perspectives for car sharing in Cologne

However, the city administration is already setting the course for a new era of car sharing. Mayor Eliza Diekmann-Cloppenburg regrets the end of the cooperation with “Wuddi”, but sees light at the end of the tunnel. A new solution is already in the starting blocks. The city has considered the company “Stadtteilauto” as a successor, even if the exact key data such as the number of vehicles and the start date are still unclear.

Andrea Zirkel, the city's spokeswoman, explains that there are contractual regulations governing what the city is allowed to communicate publicly. “Wuddi” also offered to help customers by transferring the existing data to the new provider. This means that former customers could get back into car sharing without much effort, which is a practical solution for many.

The legal framework and future opportunities

The legal basis for car sharing, the Car Sharing Act, came into force in 2017 and allows municipalities to give priority to car sharing vehicles on the road. According to an evaluation by the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), it shows that the law can promote the use of car sharing and reduce the negative effects of private motorized transport. Over 90% of providers see preferential treatment as an opportunity to expand existing offers, according to an analysis bast.de emerges.

The reasons for increasing usage are complex: better accessibility, predictability and reliability play a central role. In order for car sharing in Cologne to be a success in the long term, these aspects must be taken into account by providers and the city. A good hand in selecting the new provider is required in order to regain the trust of users and strengthen Cologne as a car sharing city.

Looking to the future, it is to be hoped that the new offer will meet the expectations of users and that Cologne will establish an attractive car sharing model that meets both the needs of citizens and the requirements of environmentally friendly transport planning.

For further information about car sharing in Cologne, those interested can visit the website Wuddi visit, which provides numerous offers and details.