{"id":544863,"date":"2026-03-18T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544863\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:37:08","slug":"you-may-be-surprised-about-how-much-vancouver-residents-drive-compared-to-the-rest-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544863\/","title":{"rendered":"You may be surprised about how much Vancouver residents drive compared to the rest of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver residents are among the top drivers in the country.<\/p>\n

According to a recent report from Turo, Vancouverites drove their vehicles on average 5.2 days a week, compared to the national average of five days a week.<\/p>\n

Given that Vancouver has a reputation for good transit<\/a> and TransLink has been ranked as North America\u2019s fourth-best public transit system<\/a>, this might come as a surprise.<\/p>\n

But other reports have pointed towards similar results. For example, Vancouver ranked as Canada\u2019s most congested city in 2025<\/a> and was among the top 50 most congested cities worldwide.<\/p>\n

Another report listed it as the 79th worst city in the world for congestion<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

However, Turo noted that many Vancouver residents are \u201cbeginning to rethink the financial tradeoffs of owning a car,\u201d with one in five saying they would choose a different approach to car ownership if they could go back in time. Nationally, this statistic is at 12 per cent.<\/p>\n

Cost pressures \u2014 which could increase with the recent surge in gas prices<\/a> \u2014 are also changing behaviour.<\/p>\n

Twenty-one per cent of Vancouverites said they are choosing to use public transit more often to reduce their car-related expenses, compared to 11 per cent nationally.<\/p>\n

And 36 per cent said they are simply driving less to reduce costs, four per cent higher than the national average.<\/p>\n

In B.C., the average annual cost of owning a vehicle is $4,432.<\/p>\n

Turo surveyed 1,509 Canadians aged 25 or older on the Angus Reid Forum between Dec. 18 and 23, 2025.<\/p>\n

Are rising gas prices changing your driving habits? Let us know by commenting below or by emailing vancouver@dailyhive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver residents are among the top drivers in the country. According to a recent report from Turo, Vancouverites…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-544863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}