Mayor of London gathers members to discuss future of car clubs
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has convened partners for a roundtable on the future of car clubs, as part of his work to deliver less congested streets and cleaner air across the capital.
Sector representatives attended from Enterprise, Co-Wheels, Bolt and Hiyacar, with campaigners from Clean Cities and Collaborative Mobility UK.
Council representatives attended from LB Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Waltham Forest and Wandsworth.
The Mayor’s transport and environment deputies chaired a cross-sector discussion yesterday (Thursday, 5th February 2026) on the challenges and potential interventions to improve operating conditions for car sharing in London.
Deputy Mayors Seb Dance and Mete Coban hosted car club operators, campaigners and borough council representatives from across London to discuss the sector’s future in the capital.
Bob Moran, The Department for Transport’s deputy director, was in attendance, alongside Christina Calderato, Transport for London’s strategy director, Baroness Brenda Dacres OBE, chair of London Councils’ transport and environment committee, and Elly Baker, committee chair for the London Assembly’s transport.
Attendees considered short-term priority actions, such as how to best safeguard car club bays across London and how approaches to car club parking charges can support services, as well as the need for more coordination between stakeholders across central and local Government.
The group also explored longer-term opportunities for collaboration to support the sector – including advice notes or guidance for boroughs on car club implementation, how research to understand club usage could help drive behaviour change away from private car ownership, and ways to boost funding for electric car club vehicle charging and general uptake of car club services across London.
It was also agreed that organisations represented in this group of sector members today will meet on an ongoing basis to further discuss ongoing challenges in the sector and how more support can be provided.
Dance said: “We recognise that car clubs provide convenient access to vehicles for journeys that can’t be made by public transport, supporting our ongoing work to deliver less congested streets and cleaner air in London.
“We want to ensure that car clubs can remain an option for Londoners and are engaging extensively with providers and boroughs who manage their provision, as well as the Department for Transport and relevant industry groups.
“This roundtable bringing together key players in the sector will help us to understand challenges in the operating market and consider opportunities for collaboration that can support the sector moving forward as we continue building a better, greener, more prosperous London for everyone.”