78% of all car journeys are taken with a single person in the car, something which is a massively inefficient use of space, energy and money. Car-sharing schemes aim to address this, potentially reducing congestion, emissions, and costs of transportation by getting more people into one vehicle. If the complexity and potential risk of sharing your car puts you off, check out carpooling.com – a website which aims to tackle the hassle out of car-share. And if you need a little more persuasion, check out this fact-laden infographic on the topic.

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Images courtesy of Gwenal Piaser on flickr and carpooling.com