More cars on the road, even as total number of vehicles falls
This is despite smaller supply of COEs; taxi and private-hire car numbers down
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The passenger car population grew by 0.9 per cent to 551,575 last year despite fewer COEs.
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The number of privately owned cars registered last year saw unusual growth despite a smaller supply of certificates of entitlement (COEs), and as Singapore's vehicle population shrank to a two-year low.
The latest figures released by the Land Transport Authority showed that the total vehicle population dipped by 0.5 per cent to 957,006, the lowest since 2016.
