MEETING THE DEMAND FOR MOBILITY THROUGH CO-OP CARSHARING OUTSIDE OF

METROPOLITAN AREASChristian Brandtco-founder of the Okanagan Car Share Co-op

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-opCalgary Calgary Carshare co-opCalgary car2go $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 $

Kelowna Okanagan Car Share Co-op co-opNanaimo Nanaimo Carshare

Cooperative co-op

City/Region Organization $/co-opOttawa / Kingston Vrtucar $

Regina Regina Carshare co-opSaskatoon Saskatoon Carshare Co-op co-op

Toronto AutoShare $Toronto Zipcar $Toronto car2go $

Vancouver Modo - the car co-op co-opVancouver Zipcar $Vancouver 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 EconomyFor every car share vehicle on the road 5 to 15 personal vehicles are removed (resource efficiency component)

Addresses social inequity for those unable to afford a private vehicle

Potential to free up more disposable income to be spent locally

Carshare members walk, cycle, and use public transit more than car owners, and former car owners drive up to 72% less once they start carsharing

Less accidents and reduced insurance expenses

Help to green our economies and the way we think about ownership

Emission reductions, reduced parking requirements, fewer public costs (infrastructure, parking, and enforcement), alternative land-use (public parks)

Safer and healthier communities

Reduced operational costs of vehicle fleet

CARSHARING IN CANADALess dense cities • Victoria (Victoria Carshare Co-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 Co-op)

• Winnipeg (PegCity Car Co-op)

• Halifax (Carshare HFX)

Big cities •Toronto (AutoShare, Zipcar, car2go)

•Ottawa (Vrtucar) •Vancouver (Modo, Zipcar, car2go)

•Calgary (Calgary Carshare, car2go)

• Montreal (Communauto)