Informal car sharing happens every day without much thought for the advantages it can have environmentally or socially, but this form of travel is increasingly being seen as a key element in achieving more sustainable transport behaviour in the more formal context of Travel Plans and car share initiatives set up by schools, local authorities, private and public employers all over the UK. The conference will provide a well informed debate on car share, starting with its history as an organised system, where car share is now, and the opportunities for the future. Discussions will focus on the barriers to setting up car share, operational issues, best practice in tackling social exclusioin, congestion reduction, environmental responsibility and how car sharing can be offered to groups of people locally, regionally and nationally.

Speakers include: Richard Armitage, MD, Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy Ltd; Dr Jacqui Wilkinson, Hd of Sustainable Travel Initiatives, DfT; Terence Bendixson, Secretary, Independent Transport Commission; Ali Clabburn, MD, liftshare.com; Dr Ann Jopson, Research Fellow, ITS, University of Leeds; Alistair Kirkbride, Rural Project Officer, CarPlus; Linda Hanley-Woods, Neighbourhood Travel Team Manager, Halton Borough Council; Patrick Allcorn, Principal Travel Plan Co-ordinator, TfL; Tim Malynn, Chairman, National TravelWise Association; Louise Holliday, Workplace Travel Plan Officer, Leeds City Council; Lesley Smith, TravelWise Officer, Devon County Council; Imogen Martineau, Development Manager, liftshare.com; Nick Illsley, Chief Executive, Transport Direct; Ray Stenning, Design Director, Best Impressions, Stefan Dimic, Team Leader-Transport Promotion, Buckinghamshire County Council; Bernard Ashley, Manager, Transport Strategy, BAA Gatwick