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

The passenger car population grew by 0.9 per cent to 551,575 last year despite fewer COEs. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Mr Lim observed that the majority of revalidations were for five years (instead of 10), and this will mitigate the cyclical drop in COE supply in the coming years.

Rightfully, the number of revalidations should not result in more cars on the road because more revalidations would result in fewer COEs (supply hinges on the number of vehicles deregistered or scrapped).

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 05, 2019, with the headline More cars on the road, even as total number of vehicles falls. Subscribe