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As the one that who doesn’t have a license yet, I may be the expert on this topics.
More and more people, especially the young adult, are re-thinking about this driving option. Gas price rise, the wait for shipment , parking lots and traffic are only the few problems could come up when talking about this. Could public transport really replace vehicle ownership?
Gas price rose to the headlines last month and owners can’t really say a thing but pay for it right? Owners cannot generate gas to replace that and become completely dependent on it. Gas shortage also happened last year in November too. Its supply is unstable and probably uneconomical. Oh but one step backward, how long do you have to wait to get the car? Because of COVID, the line for that looks endlesssss. Depending on your locations and models, customers may have to wait for 6months. Well maybe good things take time right?
CBC created this interactive map that shows the costs to park at meters and city-run EasyPark lots and parkades throughout the downtown core. The one near the Vancouver Convention Centre is the most expensive. Those near Cordova and Burrard streets is $6 an hour, even $7 an hour at the nearby EasyPark lot. Can you imagine how much flying out of pocket just for parking? Public transport is not free but maybe a bit lower than that. Not able to find the spot also stress me out even though I am not the driver… You cannot just drop your car and run right. After you squeeze through the peak hour traffic and find no parking, isn’t that a great start of a working week.
Let’s be honest, can buses and skytrain help?
For a person like me who live on my U-pass, buses and skytrains are my dear friends. Affordable yet not very reliable unfortunately. It strengthens my patience and preparedness as I always have to be very adaptive to the ever-changing bus schedule. I wonder how could the buses still be late when we are right at the terminal. Isn’t that amazing.
After all these “rational points”, owning a car may just be a status quo to some people. Doing that makes them feel better or it’s their habits. They may be raised up in the family that everyone drive o