A popular Winnipeg car-sharing service is adding cars and a new service to its arsenal.
Peg City Car Co-op has announced the addition of FLO, which is being dubbed a new free-floating carsharing service.
The expansion also adds 35 cars to Peg City’s fleet.
FLO allows users to pick up and drop off a car at different locations within a designated zone. Vehicles had been required to begin and end their trips at a fixed or designated station.
“That’ll allow someone to take an on-street FLO vehicle from one neighbourhood and if they wish, they can take it to another neighbourhood and they can just leave it there, on-street, as long as it’s a legal parking spot,” Peg City Car Co-op CEO Philip Mikulec said.
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“Our vehicles will not have to abide by one-hour and two-hour time limit parking because of the permits we have with the vehicles that the WPA agreed to.”
Vehicles for the new service are a mix of Toyota Corolla hatchbacks and Corolla hybrids.
Mikulec says free-floating carsharing is the leading form of carsharing in Vancouver and Toronto. It is ideal for spontaneous or last-minute errands as the cars can only be booked up to 30 minutes before use.
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FLO vehicles can be picked up in River Heights, Crescentwood, Corydon, Riverview, Lord Roberts, Norwood, St. Boniface, River-Osborne, West Broadway, Wolseley, St. Matthews and the West End.
The service will launch June 7.
Peg City Car Co-op has been around since June 2011 and has grown to a fleet of 130-plus vehicles.
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