Modo (car co-op)

Modo is a member-owned carshare operator in British Columbia. It was incorporated in 1997, making it the oldest carsharing 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.

Modo
FormerlyThe Co-operative Auto Network
TypeCooperative
IndustryCarsharing
FoundedJanuary 1997 (1997-01) in Vancouver, British Columbia
Headquarters200-470 Granville Street, Vancouver
311-895 Fort Street, Victoria
Area served
Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Gibsons, British Columbia
Websitemodo.coop

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]
  • Since July 2016, Modo's CEO is Patrick Nangle, a former Purolator executive.[9]
  • 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 licenses to use its fleet of vehicles, making it the first carshare in North America to do so.[12]

References
  1. Trevor Jansen. "Modo: The New Face of Vancouver's First Car Co-op". BC Living. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. Ted Laturnus (May 24, 2011). "Car-sharing organizations make car ownership unnecessary". Georgia Straight. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  3. Tchir, Jason (May 13, 2019). "Car-sharing customers favour gas over electric vehicles". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. Heyman, Dan (March 18, 2019). "Hyundai partnering with MODO car share to offer fuel-cell technology". Autotrader.ca. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. Cleverley, Bill (March 17, 2019). "Central Saanich gears up to bring car-sharing to community". Times Colonist. Glacier Media. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  7. Hyslop, Lucy (October 1, 2014). "Modo and Victoria Car Share to merge". BC Business. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  8. "Kelowna's OGO Car Share Co-op joins Modo". Kelowna Now. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  9. "Ex-Purolator CEO Patrick Nangle takes wheel at Modo car-share". Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  10. Chan, Kenneth (June 7, 2019). "TransLink sees initial success with new carpool program". Daily Hive Vancouver. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  11. "TransLink, Seaspan vanpool pilot scrapped after no one signed up".
  12. 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.
  13. "Modo and Coast Car Co-op collaborate to bring shared vehicles to Langdale". Modo Car Co-op. November 13, 2019.
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