Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Canadians driving to work more than ever before

I came across a rather depressing statistic today. Apparently, according to Statistics Canada (and it's their business to know, after all), 80% of Canadians drive to work, 74% as drivers and 6% as passengers (which I think means that 68% drive alone).
Now, that of course is nationwide, and much of Canada does not even have the option of public transit, let alone good public transit like we do here in Toronto (despite what everyone will probably tell you).
At least that was the situation in 2016, and the percentage of drivers actually increased by 3% since 2011, while public transit use remained flat. I have no reason to suppose that it has improved much in the meantime, although it would be interesting to see if recent moves towards carbon taxes and cap-and-trade schemes in some provinces have had any impact.

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