In April, a small group of policymakers, developers, transit planners, and operators travelled across British Columbia, from Vancouver’s downtown to Victoria’s harbour to Whistler’s mountains, to answer one stubborn question:
How do you move shared mobility past pilot mode and into permanent policy?
2.5 days. Three cities. One big question.
The BC Study Tour: Integrating Shared Mobility Into New Developments is movmi Academy’s flagship in-person learning experience. It’s designed to take participants beyond conference rooms and into the streets, parking garages, and council chambers where shared mobility is being woven into the fabric of real communities.
This year’s cohort travelled across British Columbia to see how Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and Whistler have built stable, long-term frameworks that de-risk shared mobility for cities, developers, and operators alike. The focus: long-term Mobility Management (TDM) policies, developer-funded integration, curbside vs. private governance, and the slow, structural work of moving past pilot mode for good. It’s part field trip, part masterclass, and part peer exchange and the conversations that start here rarely end at the airport.
Here’s how it played out, day by day.
Day 1 · Vancouver
Where 20 years of TDM meets the curb.
Policy Evolution + Regional Shared Mobility Integration
The day opened at Modo HQ, where John Turecki (Step One Mobility) walked the cohort through Vancouver’s 20-year TDM evolution — parking-policy reforms, developer obligations, and the institutional work of making shared mobility part of how a city grows. Ahmed Moola (Modo) took the group on-site to see residential integration and mobility hubs in action, including state-of-the-art bike parking by Urban Racks. The afternoon at TransLink HQ brought the regional picture, before the day closed with movmi’s Replication Workshop — and craft beer.
"Real experiences from Modo carsharing really inspired me with good ideas for how to implement shared cars into projects. Something we can definitely learn from in the Netherlands." — Sjoerd Krijnen, City of The Hague, Netherlands
Day 2 · Victoria & Saanich
Smaller cities, bigger lessons.
Small-City Mobility Management + Local Regulator Leadership
Day 2 began with a scenic seaplane to Victoria’s Inner Harbour. The District of Saanich reframed suburban deployment as an equity question. UVic showed campus mobility as a quiet behaviour-change lab. The City of Victoria demonstrated how active transportation, climate, and shared mobility can live under one strategy. And Urban Thrive’s site visit proved that “no parking for private cars” can be a desirable feature, not an uphill fight.
"An opportunity to get to know industry colleagues in the wild, out in front of projects, in front of sites, and talk about what's really working, maybe what's not working, and share the different ideas we have in different parts of Canada." — Kosta ChatziSpiros, Urban Racks
Day 3 · Whistler
Global best practices, in the mountains.
Global Best Practices + Transfer to Action
Up the Sea-to-Sky to Arts Whistler for the tour’s pivot from BC to the world. Angelo Meuleman brought Belgium’s housing-integrated mobility models. Diede Labots and Sjoerd Krijnen made the case for Dutch bike-first design and parking-replaced mobility packages. The questions came fast, and the conversation flowed both ways. movmi’s Venkatesh Gopal closed with the Transfer Toolkit, every participant left with a concrete replication plan for their own city.
"We had a very exciting few days with movmi, getting insights from municipalities, shared mobility operators, and developers themselves. Hearing different perspectives on how BC operates its shared mobility ecosystem gave us so many takeaways. We are sure to bring many of these into the policies we are planning to make." - Maryanne Tong and Verlene Mak, Singapore Land Transport Authority
Two ways to take the next step.
The full recap goes deeper into every speaker, site visit, and key theme. It’s free to download and built to share with your team or council.
And if the seaplane ride and the curbside debate have you wishing you’d been there — the next cohort is already taking shape.
Don't just read about it - be on the next one
The Shared Mobility Masterclass is back this fall and this time, it’s coming to Vancouver. 🇨🇦
One question on the table:
What does it take to grow adoption and achieve your multimodal mode share goals?
On the agenda: site visits, strategic policy discussions, real-world case studies, and a replication toolkit packed with practical tools and frameworks to bring home.
Built for operators, policy makers, and transit and transportation authorities who are ready to move past pilot mode.
October 7-8 2026 | Vancouver