With gas prices spiraling across B.C., the Richmond News polled 505 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Has the increase in gas prices affected your daily commute?
The poll ran from 3/3/2022 to 3/7/2022. Of the 505 votes, we can determine that 107 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
No, I'm still driving to places 52.34 % local, 53.66 % total
No, I drive an electric vehicle 7.48 % local, 4.95 % total
Yes, I'm going to start taking public transportation 14.95 % local, 13.07 % total
I'm considering getting an electric or hybrid vehicle 16.82 % local, 17.03 % total
I only walk or cycle to places 8.41 % local, 11.29 % total
Local Total
Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Vancouver. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.36%, 19 times out of 20.
Richmond News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
