The Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative: Its description, its car sharing activity and the co-operative option

TitleThe Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative: Its description, its car sharing activity and the co-operative option
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication1999
AuthorsGrenier L
AdvisorSt-Martin N
Academic DepartmentAdministration
DegreeMaster of Administration M.Admin.
Number of Pages61
UniversityUniversité de Sherbrooke (Canada)
CitySherbrooke, QC
Abstract

At the closing of the 20 th Century, one of the factors that distinguish our century from the previous ones is our mobility capability. This is just as true for transporting goods as it is for transporting beings. Humanity finds its mobility needs being served by a great variety of transportation methods. These methods have allowed humans to travel in space, in the air, on and under the oceans, as well as above and under ground. Ground transportation methods are generally categorised as public or private transport. This essay will focus on certain aspects of ground transportation.It is hoped that this essay will enable us to combine the pursuit of academic knowledge with the development of a training manual destined to help new members gain a better understanding of the organisation they are joining. This will be done in order to provide assistance to a project known as the Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative (CATCO). This organisation will serve our purpose by allowing us to explore a fairly recent ground transportation ownership system, organised car sharing. We will firstly introduce the reader to CATCO. We will then seek to gain a better understanding of the car sharing phenomena. The next step will lead us to explore the reasons for choosing the co-operative model. Car sharing co-operatives are a fairly recent phenomena. There have been some studies done on the development of car sharing organisations. Few, if any, have looked at their development as co-operatives. This essay should allow us to add to the accumulated knowledge about car sharing.

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