Film and media production
Weird. That was my first thought when I looked at my most recent Modo invoice. I thought the calculations in my last blog post comparing different modes of travel between Vancouver and Langley were as thorough as I could get. I even created my own trip calculator in a spreadsheet because the official trip calculator … Read more
Getting around Vancouver without a car is getting easier these days for our family of four. We have our car share memberships – Modo and Evo – to fall back on, but generally our lifestyles remain happily car lite. We have good access to the city’s network of cycleways and we live near a couple … Read more
Back in January, I wrote a blog post about how I, and many other CIBC customers, were getting dinged by the bank for using a Visa credit card to buy gift cards. In my case, I was charged $5 plus interest for $10 worth of minutes with EVO car share. You can read about it … Read more
Consider this: a privately owned car can cost at least $10,000 a year, yet, for 95% of the time, it sits idle doing nothing, just slowly losing its value each and every day. Car sharing means you have use of a fleet of cars, without the responsibilities that go along with owning a car – … Read more
As someone who has advocated for better – as in safer – cycling conditions in our cities (e.g. see my film You Never Bike Alone) it might seem counter intuitive to do a series on cars. But car sharing is really more about using the car less. At least, in my case. We sold our … Read more