Car sharing
On this page you can discover what car sharing is precisely and where you can find more information.
What is car sharing
With a car sharing scheme you share a car with other people. You can do this in different ways:
- You borrow a car from friends, family or neighbours.
- You hire a car from a car sharing company.
- You share (lease) cars with other people in a cooperative or group.
Car sharing is one of the most effective forms of smart mobility. It frees up space on the road, leads to fewer cars on the street and Begin external link: improves the living environment of city residents(External link), end external link.. The municipality is supporting car sharing in the city.
Car sharing in a cooperative or group
In a cooperative car sharing scheme you and your neighbours set up a cooperative (association). The cooperative arranges and decides everything together, such as money matters. There was a subsidy available for setting up a cooperative car sharing scheme.
For car sharing in a group (of residents) it is not necessary for you to establish an official cooperative. You outsource a number of matters (such as money matters) and pay a commercial rate for this.
- You have a reserved parking space.
- Your actions result in fewer cars on the street.
- You decide together which (electric) cars you lease or use.
- You can apply for a subsidy for setting up a cooperative.
Hiring from a car sharing company
You hire a car from a provider through a car sharing company. You pay a commercial rate for this.
- You find a car in a reserved parking space or within a certain area. Or throughout the entire city (depending on the provider).
- Your actions result in fewer cars on the street.
- You choose your own provider in your neighbourhood.
- Share electric cars together with your neighbours in a neighbourhood cooperative. The non-profit organisation Begin external link: DEEL(External link), end external link. will help you set up a cooperative.
- Share electric cars together with a closed group of neighbours via Begin external link: OnzeAuto(External link), end external link..
- Share private cars together with a closed group of neighbours, friends or acquaintances in or outside the city via Begin external link: Vereniging Deelauto(External link), end external link..
- Rent your car to a fixed group in or outside the city. Such as neighbourhood residents, friends or acquaintances via the Begin external link: SHARIT app(External link), end external link..
- Rent out your car to other private people via Begin external link: SnappCar(External link), end external link..
- Use a commercial car sharing scheme (private or commercial) at one of the providers in The Hague: Begin external link: Greenwheels(External link), end external link., Begin external link: SnappCar(External link), end external link., Begin external link: MyWheels(External link), end external link. and Begin external link: Sixt(External link), end external link..
It costs more than you think to own your own car.
Discover the total costs of owning your own car and the discount offers for a shared car on Begin link: autodelen, end link. . (in Dutch)
Also see
- Begin link: Apply for a parking permit for car sharing, end link.
- Begin link: Apply for your parking permit for a shared car (companies and resident groups), end link.
- Arrange your shared transportation and public transport in 1 app with Begin external link: Moves(External link), end external link.
- Begin external link: Read more general information on car sharing(External link), end external link.