Modo (car co-op)
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 and the first carshare in the English-speaking world. Modo amalgamated with the Victoria Carshare Co-op in 2015 and now serves 25 municipalities in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria.
| Formerly | The Co-operative Auto Network |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 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, 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.