Torroella de Montgrí and l'Estartit install meeting points for shared vehicles

The Torroella de Montgrí City Council facilitates shared mobility with the installation of a carpooling meeting point in Torroella de Montgrí and another in l’Estartit . These are two duly signposted spaces that aim to make it easier for users of Bla Bla Car applications to meet and share journeys. One of the points is located in the Lledoner car park in Torroella de Montgrí and the other in the dissuasive car park at the entrance to l’Estartit.

The initiative aims to promote more efficient and environmentally friendly mobility while optimizing space on roads and parking lots and facilitating transportation for those people who do not have a private vehicle or public transport alternatives that convince them.

Ridesharing through an app

Carpooling consists of sharing a journey with other people in the same vehicle. Through a mobile application, the driver announces the journey they will take and the conditions of the journey, and people interested in doing it can agree with them to share the costs.

The carpooling meeting points in Torroella de Montgrí and l’Estartit are among the first to be placed in the Girona Regions and are recognized by one of the most used carpooling applications in the world, Bla Bla Car. This application has more than 300 million users worldwide, 800,000 of which are in Catalonia.

A rising mobility model

This type of mobility is on the rise and in countries such as the Basque Country or France there are public policies that encourage it. Setting up spaces at the entrances to Torroella de Montgrí and l’Estartit as ‘carpooling’ meeting points aims to help promote this mobility and identify it as another option for going to or from Torroella de Montgrí and l’Estartit. In fact, according to data provided by the Bla Bla Car platform in 2022 there were 1,600 trips published on this platform with origin or destination in the municipality and so far in 2023 there have been 640. In 2022 these trips had an average price of €16 and offered to connect Torroella de Montgrí and l’Estartit with 241 locations. The most relevant: Barcelona , ​​Girona , Toulouse , Badalona and Sant Cugat de Vallès . So far in 2023, the average price is €17, with 241 destinations and the cities of Barcelona , ​​Benicarló , Montpellier , Sabadell and Toulouse as the most relevant.

The Tourism Sustainability Plan is committed to efficient mobility

This initiative is part of the Tourism Sustainability plan that is being developed with the municipality until 2024 with a budget of 3.6 million euros and which has different axes of action.