Thousands more residents could retire their cars from the roads under a plan which aims to quintuple the number of on-street car club bays.

A plan to increase the number of parking spaces reserved exclusively for car club vehicles from 31 to 150 goes before Wandsworth Council’s executive on January 31.

If approved, the new bays would be in place by the summer.

The new bays will help keep pace with demand - club membership has rocketed from 1,750 to more than 10,000 since 2007 - and expand the scheme into new parts of the borough, bringing many more households within a short walk of a hire vehicle.

Transport spokesman Cllr Ravi Govindia said: “As the scheme expands it helps to reduce pressure on parking spaces, ease traffic congestion, cut exhaust emissions and saves our residents money.

“It’s also an excellent way of cutting your household’s carbon footprint.”

A recent study by the Transport Research Laboratory shows the average car club vehicle replaces at least 12 privately owned cars.

For more information visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/carclub.

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