GoCar to operate capital’s first on-street Car Club

DUBLIN City Council’s new byelaws regulating the operation of on-street car clubs came into effect at the start of August.

To mark the occasion, Dublin’s Lord Mayor, Oisín Quinn, presented the city’s first on-street Car Club licence to Colm Brady, Managing Director of GoCar in the forecourt of the Mansion House.

Consumers can hire 50 GoCar vehicles by the hour from pay-and-display locations in the capital. All locations are highly visible and convenient and include Barrow St, Stoneybatter, Arran Quay, the Docklands, Drumcondra, Rathgar, IFSC, Clontarf and Donnybrook.

Members using on-street GoCars won’t be charged for parking at any pay-and-display parking space when using a GoCar as this is covered by the permit fee paid to the council. To join see www.gocar.ie

Other Car Club operators can apply to the council for a licence to operate on-street Car Clubs from Dublin City Council’s 30,000 pay-and-display parking spaces.

“Dublin City Council wants Car Clubs operating from on-street parking spaces because we believe they will play an important role in improving traffic management in the city,

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“Research shows that the number of miles people drive goes down and there is an increase in walking and cycling as Car Clubs become established.

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Colm Brady of GoCar added:

“This is a big turning point for GoCar.

“Drivers in Dublin who sign up to GoCar will have convenient and affordable access to vehicles right across the city.

“Over time GoCar should reduce the number of vehicles commuting into the city centre so it is a clean, convenient and innovative travel solution for those living and working in Dublin. From today you will see 50 gleaming white vehicles with the green GoCar insignia parked around the city.

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