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Shared wheels stuck in first gear Traditional car-share services slow to catch on in the suburbs
by Jeff Nagel WHILE THE City of Vancouver has bloomed as a mecca for car-sharing
– three services rent out more than 700 vehicles to users who typically forgo owning their own car – the concept has been much slower to roll into Metro Vancouver’s more car-dependent suburbs. Modo, Vancouver’s original car-share co-op, just added its third and fourth cars based in Surrey – both at the new Quattro housing project and they were both paid for by the developer. The other two are at nearby Surrey SkyTrain stations and are Modo’s only four car-share vehicles offered south of the Fraser so far. Another Modo minivan has recently been added at the River Market in New Westminster, its fifth shared vehicle in that city. But the bulk of the co-op’s 275 vehicles are in Vancouver proper, with a small smattering in North Vancouver and in Burnaby near SkyTrain Clark Williams- stations. Even the Canada Line hasn’t yet brought Modo into Richmond, although the co-op aims to be Derry there soon. Marketing director Bernice Paul said car-share vehicles first need to be authorized to use on-street parking and a bylaw is expected to come to Richmond council this fall. She said Modo will also look to Port Moody and Coquitlam once SkyTrain arrives with the Evergreen Line. But she said most of Modo’s 9,000 members are in Vancouver and the co-op must provide cars where they’re wanted.
“The suburbs are perfect for this kind of thing.”
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A Modo car-sharing vehicle is stationed near Surrey Central SkyTrain Station. Another car is located at Gateway station, and two are available at the new Quattro housing development.
3 Port Mann lanes open on Sept. 18
by Jeff Nagel
PORT MANN / HIGHWAY 1 PROJECT WEBCAM
Three eastbound lanes are slated to open on the new Port Mann Bridge on Sept. 18 as traffic is gradually reconfigured in a series of steps this fall.
THE FIRST motorists will cross the new Port Mann Bridge on Sept. 18 as three eastbound Highway 1 lanes open across the new span. The transition comes amid a host of other big changes drivers are being warned to expect this month.
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