27 replies to this topic

[UDeMan]

Also the cost of ICBC no fault insurance has brought the cost to insure cars down. I was paying over $1200 before, now down to around $800 a year.

If insurance was high they may sell that extra car.

[FogPub]

One factor in the covid-era car buying increase may have been that people didn't want to take transit and risk getting sick.

[Nparker]

One factor in the covid-era car buying increase may have been that people didn't want to take transit and risk getting sick.

I have felt that way before and after the pandemic.

[Mike K.]

Hmm sounds like you're guessing or assuming that per household vehicles increased in 2020-2022 without actual data.

There was a big lurch in insured vehicles when COVID hit, then a drop once more people were comfortable with alternatives.

[Citified.ca]

Quite timely is ICBC's new release of active policies in effect, through 2023. We can now compare 2019 to 2023.
 
Six municipalities either kept their vehicle policies lock-stop with population growth within 0.2%, or saw more vehicle policies come into effect than population increase (percentage-wise).
 
Car ownership on Vancouver Island continues to outpace population growth, and Greater Victoria still loves its cars: ICBC
https://victoria.cit...cars-continues/

[Victoria Watcher]

lol.

[Victoria Watcher]

Best thing ever.

 

YES, private cars are awesome.  

[Mike K.]

BC Ferries is planning its new vessels to carry more cars than the vessels they’ll be replacing.

This is why the RTS has to be challenged. It is being pushed through with very little dialogue and very little engagement with the public. They may well be only wanting to promote transit investment as one lobbying unit, but that’s what is planned today, not 10 years from now. The key messaging is the RTS is fundamentally about alternatives and is in response to a stagnant growth in transportation alternatives.

As I have shown in this thread, we have ample room on our existing roadways for road expansion. It is incorrect to say our roads are maximized, when in fact they are under-built relative to their right of ways.