Car2Go Coming to Calgary Edit- closing as of October 31

[RW99]

Good news for those of us in the inner zone. Though I still hate how downtown is used as I rarely use it downtown. On the weekend when I need a rental, I see 100 of them downtown

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Weird how much of the NW section left in the zone is really just commercial retail (ie Northland Mall / Dalhousie station / Dalhousie Co-Op & Crappy Tire). I thought you couldn't end a trip in a private parking lot?

That doesn't see to stop most people. Odds are someone else will grab it before Car2Go staff have to worry about it.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by RW99

That doesn't see to stop most people. Odds are someone else will grab it before Car2Go staff have to worry about it.

Actually I thought the system was programmed to not let you end a trip in a private lot. I tried to end a trip in North Hill Mall's parking lot and was denied.

[RW99]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Actually I thought the system was programmed to not let you end a trip in a private zone. I tried to end a trip in North Hill Mall's parking lot and was denied.

Really? I do it about once a week Maybe they have good programming for the larger malls. But maybe not for the smaller parking lots.

[GullFoss]

Its extremely frustrating living in the beltline and not having a car available after 3pm and before 6am. These are extremely useful living in the inner city...im actually very happy with today's announcement

[codfather]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

Its extremely frustrating living in the beltline and not having a car available after 3pm and before 6am. These are extremely useful living in the inner city...im actually very happy with today's announcement

I don't know how much this change will help with car availability during these times. If only 4% of trips occur in the areas they are removing, that would imply this accounts for a fairly small number of cars so it stands to reason that these areas are not the cause of limited car availability during those times.

[Bill Bumface]

I think the cars will still end up jammed against the outside of the home zone. I think it is good news for people that live on the new edge and that is about it.

[timun]

Originally Posted by codfather

I don't know how much this change will help with car availability during these times. If only 4% of trips occur in the areas they are removing, that would imply this accounts for a fairly small number of cars so it stands to reason that these areas are not the cause of limited car availability during those times.

The number of trips per car per day is significantly higher within the "high use" zone, 5.5x according to Car2Go. It's not that a small amount of cars sit in the 4% zone, it's that the cars sit there for a long time. The fleet is about twice the size it was when the service began but I find it's actually more difficult to find one nearby, precisely because so many of them are parked too far out to be conveniently picked up.

E.g. I used a Car2Go this morning. I live in the southwest. I was fortunate that there were a couple in my neighbourhood; I only had to walk about 600 m to get one. Further to the south, in Lakeview, there were about 20 of them. Looking at the Car2Go map right now the same 20ish cars are still just sitting there. They didn't move all day! The cars are 'orphaned' out on the periphery of the home zone, sometimes having to be moved by the Car2Go staff lest they sit there for days on end.

3.5% of the Car2Go fleet sat unused in Lakeview all day. That's just one neighbourhood. Start counting up the other neighbourhoods at the edge of the home zone and I'm sure the total that sat unused today was well over 10%. It's a huge drain on the level of service in the rest of the home zone.

The cars may still end up at the periphery of the home zone but it'll still be more convenient by virtue of cars not being parked so far out, not having as far to go to find one.

[Fuzz]

Maybe they should charge double to leave a certain area, then free to drive the return direction at certain times of day.

[ken0042]

You'd still have people driving them home to Lakeview; you'd just have the advantage of them coming back downtown the next morning. It would still leave the car not being used from 4pm to 7am.

[Dan02]

Looking at the map now there's a grand total of 8 car2gos throughout the entire beltline, vic park east village and downtown areas.

[RW99]

Those black Car2Go cards some of us have might serve a purpose soon... http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/calg...gary-1.3242710

[Regulator75]

^^^ I saw one yesterday at Deerfoot Meadows with Ontario plates.

[HarryH93]

I saw one in downtown by the Bow yesterday around 8am. Didn't see if it was AB or ON plates. But I was definitely surprised when I saw the Mercedes.

[Jimmy Stang]

So what kind of premium are these new vehicles expected to have over the Smart cars? Does anywhere else in North America have these yet?

[Ducay]

https://www.car2goblack.com/de/DE/

1 hr for 15 euro for regular Car2go in Berlin vs 15euro for....1hour on Car2go black. (Right now sounds like there is a deal on the Black service there).

Only difference is it looks like ours have been purposely colored the same as the Smart car's to increase visibility or reduce parking issues, as elsewhere you're getting a black Merc that looks quite balling.

[getbak]

It also looks like the Black ones charge per hour rather than by the minute. So, they're more for longer term rentals than the quick runs that you can do with the regular Car2Go cars.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by getbak

It also looks like the Black ones charge per hour rather than by the minute. So, they're more for longer term rentals than the quick runs that you can do with the regular [ones].

Send this sentence to someone from 20 years ago, and I'd be they'd never guess you're talking about a half sized car....

But I believe you're correct. I can see a lot of these getting towed if people are leaving them downtown like the other ones, except there is less demand given the higher price/time obligation

[Bigtime]

I know of the odd Car2Go user that has taken a vehicle for a day out to Canmore/Banff, these new cars would be much better suited to that trip.

[calgarygeologist]

I've been looking forward to the B-class cars especially now because we are going to become a single car family as my car was wrecked last week and I'm not really interested in replacing it right away. Once in a while on the weekends we might need a second car so either a Car2Go or a regular rental will be my options.

[tete]

I saw them on the road in Kensington this afternoon - my husband noticed first and pointed them out - I was proud to say I already knew about them - thanks, CP!