Modo (car co-op)
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| Formerly | The Co-operative Auto Network |
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| Company type | Cooperative |
| Industry | Carsharing |
| Founded | January 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Headquarters | 200-470 Granville Street, Vancouver 311-895 Fort Street, Victoria |
Area served | Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Gibsons, British Columbia |
| Website | modo.coop |
 | This article contains promotional content. (June 2022) |
Modo is a member-owned carshare operator in British Columbia. It was incorporated in 1997, making it the oldest carsharing organization in the area, first carshare co-op in North America[1] and the first carshare in the English-speaking world.[2] Modo amalgamated with the Victoria Carshare Co-op in 2015 and now serves 25 municipalities in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria.
As of 2021, Modo had over 25,000 individual and business members and a fleet of approximately 700 vehicles, including cars, trucks, SUVs, passenger and cargo vans, hybrids, battery electric vehicles[3] and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.[4] Modo has vehicles across British Columbia, including Vancouver, UBC, Richmond, Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt and Saanich,[5][6] and at the Horseshoe Bay, Tsawwassen, Langdale and Swartz Bay ferry terminals.
Modo offers two-way, roundtrip carsharing. Each of its vehicles has a designated parking space, with cars picked up and dropped off at the same location. Vehicles can be booked in 15 minute increments, with a 30-minute minimum and a 30-day maximum. Members book online, by phone or using an app, and access the vehicles using a fob.
History
- In October 2014, Victoria Car Share was merged into Modo.[7] Then in June 2018, Modo acquired the Okanagan Car Share Co-op in Kelowna.[8]
- In June 2017, Modo entered into a partnership with TransLink to provide vehicles for the transit authority's Vanpool pilot project.[10] [11]
- In July 2018, Modo began allowing drivers with a learner's licence to use its fleet of vehicles, making it the first carshare in North America to do so.[12]
- In August 2018, Modo, along with Coast Car Co-op, became permanently located at the Langdale Ferry Terminal in Gibson, British Columbia.[13]
References
- ^ Trevor Jansen. "Modo: The New Face of Vancouver's First Car Co-op". BC Living. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ^ Ted Laturnus (May 24, 2011). "Car-sharing organizations make car ownership unnecessary". Georgia Straight. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ Tchir, Jason (May 13, 2019). "Car-sharing customers favour gas over electric vehicles". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ Heyman, Dan (March 18, 2019). "Hyundai partnering with MODO car share to offer fuel-cell technology". Autotrader.ca. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ Murray, Nick (May 30, 2019). "Hit the road with new car-share service in Central Saanich". Oak Bay News. Black Press. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ Cleverley, Bill (March 17, 2019). "Central Saanich gears up to bring car-sharing to community". Times Colonist. Glacier Media. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ Hyslop, Lucy (October 1, 2014). "Modo and Victoria Car Share to merge". BC Business. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Kelowna's OGO Car Share Co-op joins Modo". Kelowna Now. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Ex-Purolator CEO Patrick Nangle takes wheel at Modo car-share". Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (June 7, 2019). "TransLink sees initial success with new carpool program". Daily Hive Vancouver. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "TransLink, Seaspan vanpool pilot scrapped after no one signed up".
- ^ Crawford, Robyn; Little, Simon (July 5, 2018). "Vancouver carshare co-op to permit 'L' and 'N' drivers behind the wheel". CKNW. Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 22 June 2019 – via Global News.
- ^ "Modo and Coast Car Co-op collaborate to bring shared vehicles to Langdale". Modo Car Co-op. November 13, 2019.
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