Transcript meeting the demand for mobility through co

MEETING THE DEMAND FOR
MOBILITY THROUGH CO-OP
CARSHARING OUTSIDE OF
METROPOLITAN AREAS
Christian Brandt
co-founder of the
Okanagan Car Share Coop
Carsharing is designed to compliment other
active modes of transportation and give people
more freedom to life car free/car light
CARSHARE ORGANIZATIONS
IN CANADA
City/Region
Organization
$/co-op
Calgary
Calgary Carshare
co-op
car2go
$
Calgary
Halifax
Carshare HFX
$
Hamilton / Kitchener
/Waterloo
Community Carshare Co-op
co-op
Kaslo / Kimberly /
Nelson / Revelstoke
Kootenay Carshare
Cooperative
co-op
Montreal / Quebec City
Communauto
$
Okanagan Car Share Co-op
co-op
Kelowna
Nanaimo
Nanaimo Carshare
co-op
City/Region
Organization
$/co-op
Ottawa / Kingston
Regina
Saskatoon
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Vrtucar
Regina Carshare
Saskatoon Carshare Co-op
AutoShare
Zipcar
car2go
$
co-op
co-op
$
$
$
Vancouver
Modo - the car co-op
co-op
Vancouver
Vancouver
Zipcar
car2go
$
$
Victoria
Victoria Car Share Co-op
co-op
Winnipeg
PegCity Car Co-op
co-op
KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND
CO-OP MEMBERS
BENEFITS OF
CARSHARING
Environmental
Community
Local Economy
For every car share vehicle
on the road 5 to 15 personal Addresses social inequity for Potential to free up more
vehicles are removed
those unable to afford a
disposable income to be
(resource efficiency
private vehicle
spent locally
component)
Carshare members walk,
cycle, and use public transit
Help to green our economies
more than car owners, and
Less accidents and reduced
and the way we think about
former car owners drive up to insurance expenses
ownership
72% less once they start
carsharing
Emission reductions,
reduced parking
requirements, fewer public
Safer and healthier
costs (infrastructure, parking, communities
and enforcement), alternative
land-use (public parks)
Reduced operational costs of
vehicle fleet
LessIN
dense
cities
CARSHARING
CANADA
• Victoria (Victoria Carshare Co-
Big cities
•Toronto (AutoShare,
Zipcar, car2go)
•Ottawa (Vrtucar)
•Vancouver (Modo,
Zipcar, car2go)
•Calgary (Calgary
Carshare, car2go)
• Montreal (Communauto)
op)
• Nanaimo Carshare Co-op)
• Sunshine Coast (Coast Car
Co-op)
• Nelson (Kootenay CarShare
Co-op)
• Kelowna (Okanagan Car
Share Co-op)
• Saskatoon (Saskatoon
Carshare Co-op)
• Regina (Regina Carshare Coop)
• Winnipeg (PegCity Car Co-op)