Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Car ownership in cohousing

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> It is easy to ride share and I have marveled that so little organized ride
> sharing has been done, for example setting up a ride board in the
> commonhouse, etc.
> 
> There is great unrealized potential to make considerable reduction in car
> trips at Sharingwood, but there is no leadership to make it happen.

The other difficulty with ride sharing is variable schedules. Organization
is important but the difficulty is putting oneself at the mercy of the
schedules (late, fast, changing, erratic) of others. To do this occasionally
is workable. To do it all the time is very difficult.

I once commuted from a small town in upstate New York into the city. The
"guys on the bus" were always trying to figure out schemes to buy a van and
drive themselves in and out of the city. While it would have been less
expensive, more pleasant, and faster to do it themselves, they would also
have had to make commitments to the same schedule no matter what.

In the end they chose the freedom to come and go without having to consult 6
other people every time you got off work early or took a day off or decided
to stay in the city for dinner.

Sharon.

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