Modo (car co-op) explained

Modo
Former Name:The Co-operative Auto Network
Location:200-470 Granville Street, Vancouver
311-895 Fort Street, Victoria
Homepage:modo.coop

Modo is a member-owned carshare operator in British Columbia. It was incorporated in 1997, making it the oldest car-sharing organization in the area, the 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 2023, Modo had over 30,000 individual and business members and a fleet of approximately 1000 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.

History

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Modo: The New Face of Vancouver's First Car Co-op. Trevor Jansen. BC Living. September 30, 2013. October 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002100650/http://www.bcliving.ca/entertainment/modo-the-new-face-of-vancouvers-first-car-co-op. live.
  2. Web site: Car-sharing organizations make car ownership unnecessary. Ted Laturnus. Georgia Straight. May 24, 2011. October 2, 2012. November 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121127033116/http://straight.com/article-394386/vancouver/carsharing-organizations-make-owning-car-not-necessary. live.
  3. News: CEO Update – September 2023. September 7, 2023. Modo. September 7, 2023. September 7, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230907232134/https://modo.coop/blog/ceo-update-september-2023. live.
  4. News: Heyman. Dan. March 18, 2019. Hyundai partnering with MODO car share to offer fuel-cell technology. Autotrader.ca. June 22, 2019. May 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210517123704/https://www.autotrader.ca/newsfeatures/20190318/hyundai-partnering-with-modo-car-share-to-offer-fuel-cell-technology/. live.
  5. News: Hit the road with new car-share service in Central Saanich. Murray. Nick. May 30, 2019. Oak Bay News. June 23, 2019. Black Press. June 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623071056/https://www.oakbaynews.com/news/hit-the-road-with-new-car-share-service-in-central-saanich/. live.
  6. News: Central Saanich gears up to bring car-sharing to community. Cleverley. Bill. March 17, 2019. Times Colonist. June 23, 2019. Glacier Media. June 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623071052/https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/central-saanich-gears-up-to-bring-car-sharing-to-community-1.23666034. live.
  7. News: Modo and Victoria Car Share to merge. Hyslop. Lucy. October 1, 2014. BC Business. June 22, 2019. June 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623071055/https://www.bcbusiness.ca/modo-and-victoria-car-share-to-merge. live.
  8. News: Kelowna's OGO Car Share Co-op joins Modo. June 1, 2018. Kelowna Now. June 22, 2019. July 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716224115/https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_s_OGO_Car_Share_Co_op_joins_Modo/. live.
  9. Web site: Ex-Purolator CEO Patrick Nangle takes the wheel at Modo car-share. June 27, 2017. February 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001134/https://www.biv.com/article/2016/8/ex-purolator-boss-patrick-nangle-takes-wheel-modo-/. live.
  10. News: TransLink sees initial success with new carpool program. Chan. Kenneth. June 7, 2019. Daily Hive Vancouver. June 22, 2019. June 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623071058/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-vanpool-carpool-ubc-modo-carshare-june-2019. live.
  11. Web site: TransLink, Seaspan vanpool pilot scrapped after no one signed up . 2022-03-11 . 2021-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128113349/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-seaspan-vanpool-pilot-scrapped-after-no-one-signed-up . live .
  12. News: Vancouver carshare co-op to permit 'L' and 'N' drivers behind the wheel. Crawford. Robyn. July 5, 2018. CKNW. 22 June 2019. Corus Entertainment. Little. Simon. Global News. 23 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623071054/https://globalnews.ca/news/4315881/vancouver-carshare-co-op-to-permit-l-and-n-drivers-behind-the-wheel/. live.
  13. Web site: Modo and Coast Car Co-op collaborate to bring shared vehicles to Langdale. November 13, 2019. Modo Car Co-op. November 13, 2019. November 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191113182747/https://www.modo.coop/blog/modo-and-coast-car-co-op-collaborate-to-bring-shared-vehicles-to-langdale/. live.
  14. News: CEO Update – September 2023. September 7, 2023. Modo. September 7, 2023. September 7, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230907232134/https://modo.coop/blog/ceo-update-september-2023. live.

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