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Select Board debates how to regulate peer‑to‑peer car sharing; direction to draft a registration path
Summary
The Select Board debated whether peer‑to‑peer car sharing should fall under the town’s car‑rental medallion system or be regulated separately; counsel was asked to draft a registration approach that limits household hosts while addressing unused medallions.
Select Board members, town counsel, the airport commission chair, police leadership and public speakers debated whether peer‑to‑peer car sharing should be treated like traditional rental agencies subject to Nantucket’s medallion cap, or handled in a separate registration system.
Steven Cohen (representing peer‑to‑peer interests) argued for exempting peer‑to‑peer hosts from the car‑rental medallion regime and instead using registration to monitor activity, citing that many hosts are individual residents who use the income to meet household needs. “Peer‑to‑peer car sharing…does not increase the number of cars on Nantucket; in fact, it lowers them,” Cohen said. Supporters…
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