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ONE OF THE CLUBS IN THE BAG –
CAR CLUBS FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL
Harry Thomson
Head of Integrated Transport & Commissioning
Dumfries & Galloway Council
THE STRAINING OF THE METAPHOR
• The Game of Golf consists of playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules (www.randa.org)
• The objective of our Fleet Management team is to enable staff to undertake their duties from 1 April – 31 March, using permitted modes of transport
• Golf aims to minimise strokes• We aim to minimise mileage, cost and CO2
emissions
The “Course”
• 75 miles from Stranraer – Dumfries
• 107 miles from Stranraer – Langholm
• 32 miles Dumfries – Kirkconnel• Little motorway or dual
carriageway• 2nd least densely populated
mainland authority in Scotland
Rurality
Why Review?
• Political pressure to reduce mileage• Staff pressure to review rates• Significant individual mileage claims (up to
20,000 miles per annum in some cases!)• 6,000,000+ miles per annum• Single Status
The Pool
• Corporate Management Team commitment• 100 cars across 23 locations• Based on “small” vehicles• 75 small, 15 medium, 5 multi-purpose vehicles & 5
automatics • CO2 emissions caps 120, 130, 140 and 156 g/km • All came in at < 120g/km• “Grey fleet” vehicles = 150 g/km • Reduction of 75 tonnes emissions with same
mileage
• Utilisation 60-70%• Cost averaging 35p per mile
• Some dedication to depts• Dedication to users• Improvements to booking• Driver checks (coming)• Management and education required (cancellations, non-
uptake)
Performance
Corporate Fleet
Car Hire
• Limited supply locally (eg in Stranraer, car hire relocated with the ferries)
• Delivery charges outside main locations• Cost for short-term hires• Additional insurance costs• Mark-ups on damage• Restricted times for pick-up / return• Averaging 10 per month
Car Club
• Part of the GoSmart Dumfries programme under the Smarter Choices Smarter Places pilots
• Sustainable transport objectives• Last programme element to be introduced, in late 2012• Co-Wheels CIC selected through competitive tender• Council provided initial vehicles• Council block-books 4 vehicle 9-5 and 5/7• Provides base revenue (and educated users) for the Car
Club• Provides flexibility and additional resource for the Council
Car Club
• Cost – discounting base cost, cost of use is reasonable, but total cost in comparison with pool is much greater
• Environmental impact broadly comparable• Volume of usage is fairly steady – need to market the
service more to staff, only core group using 31% of total usage in 2013, declining to 19% in 2014.
• But matched by increase in individual (25%) and corporate (9 new) memberships in 2014, and 48% overall increase in mileage
• Staff who use the vehicles like them – keyless access, no need to return keys, booking from home, collect drop-off any time
Car Club
• CoWheels recognise Dumfries as being one of their fastest-growing Car Club in terms of utilisation.
• Good growth in non-Council usage
• New electric and conventional vehicles being introduced by CoWheels
Car Club
Golf is famous for its bandits!
The Score-Card
• Pool cars have helped reduce costs and demand• Reduced CO2 emissions by c. 30%, or 75T per year
• Car Club supplements this• Swift response• Geographically limited• Future opportunities to meet objectives of both Council
Pool and Car Club
Sustainable Travel?
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