Could regulators help build a sharing economy?

15 October 2013

Shareable recently published Policies for Shareable Cities – a report on how urban leaders can encourage a sharing economy through policy changes in the areas of transport, food, housing and jobs.

“Cities are built for sharing. It’s what makes cities engines of prosperity, in-novation, and cultural exchange. Well connected cities have the unique capacity to raise per capita production and innovation while using dramatically less energy. For this reason, cities may be our best hope for achieving widespread prosperity within the earth’s natural limits.

“Today, new circumstances have created an unprecedented opportunity to amplify cities as platforms for sharing. People are already acting on this opportunity. Driven by economic need and empowered by new technologies, they’re creating new, more resilient ways of providing food, jobs, housing, goods, and transportation for themselves and each other in cities.”

Download your copy of Policies for Shareable Cities.

Read an interview with Shareable co-founder and report co-author Neal Gorenflo.