Car-sharing service car2go is pulling its vehicles out of Richmond and reducing service in North Vancouver.
With nearly 1,300 vehicles on the road, Metro Vancouver is home to car2go’s largest fleet of cars in North America but its 2014 expansion into Richmond has not been a success.
“In the time car2go has been operating in Richmond, we’ve seen that vehicles sit idle for over 13 hours a day. This is a stark contrast to the vehicles in the Vancouver Home Area, which move frequently, ensuring that our vehicles are in constant circulation, rather than occupying limited parking spaces,” the company noted.
Service to Richmond will be discontinued Feb. 1.
The company is also scaling back service on North Shore by a half square-kilometre, discontinuing service in the far West portion of the North Vancouver Home Area. Car2go will still service 12 square-kilometres of North Vancouver.
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“We are truly grateful to the City of Richmond and the District of North Vancouver for being valuable partners and for the opportunity to introduce one-way carsharing to the area. We look forward to continuing to improve car2go service in Vancouver to affect a positive impact on the future of mobility,” the company said in a release.
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