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[PBlonde]

Originally Posted by Changing City

You seem to be applying your personal bias to the entire Vancouver rental market. Vancouver isn't the same as other municpalities; ICBC numbers show that in the past 4 years (2021-25) there were 38,400 more passenger vehicles registered in Surrey, 14,800 more in Burnaby, 12,200 more in Richmond but 743 fewer in Vancouver.

For shorter trips, Evo Car share is now available in Vancouver, North Vancouver, New Westminster, and Burnaby, with over 2,500 vehicles in the fleet. There's even free parking at Grouse Mountain. For longer trips, Modo Car share now has over 1,000 vehicles, the majority in Vancouver. There are still car rentals as an alternative. Those alternatives (along with bike share and Lime scooters for short local trips) seem to be limiting the growth in cars.

I am absolutely applying some personal bias but there's a significant amount of people that I'm sure are in a similar position to me. The fact that there are only 743 fewer cars registered in Vancouver over that period suggests there's not a significant reduction in demand for cars. Looks like there are 283,807 personal vehicles in Vancouver alone as of 2025 per ICBC (not counting commercial) which is about 1 car for every 2.5 people. Still seems like a pretty significant amount of car ownership.