Carshare Exit Signals Urban Mobility Fragility

The sudden cessation of a national car‑share operator reveals that shared mobility fleets are highly sensitive to energy prices, household affordability, and local road‑pricing rules. When membership fees, fueling/charging costs, and new congestion charges align against operators, cities can lose non‑ownership transport options quickly, worsening access and pushing more people to private car ownership. — This matters for urban and climate policy: loss of car‑sharing undermines low‑emission transport pathways and disproportionately hurts lower‑income households unless cities treat shared fleets as infrastructure worthy of coordinated subsidies, curb prioritization, or tariff design.