A "Mobility Center" is a hardware/software
infrastructure composed of three main components:
- parking areas
- vehicles
- management system
These three components have been studied and assembled in
order to allow potential customers to rapidly rent small and ecological cars for
short periods of time,
from just a few minutes to several hours, within a city or a metropolitan area.
In order to make available the rapid car rent service in all
areas of a city, the project foresees the promotion of more "Mobility Centers" on
franchising, each formed by one or more parking areas, where cars are located and
easily accessible to customers. The franchising approach, by promoting small
businesses, should facilitate the diffusion of the concept.
In addition, parking areas and vehicles, capital intensive
components of a Mobility Center, will be primarily financed locally.