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Tourists are usually unaware that you can book in advance while if you know you need to go in on the 4 PM Friday ferry every week you can book it far in advance.
Don't you think residents should be able to simply show up? Things happen in life where you might not be so lucky to be able to plan like that.
The majority of people using the ferries today for example are not residents.
That's probably a good thing, otherwise your tickets would probably be 3x more expensive. They pay for your ferries that you rely on.
Ferries are the main reason I would never consider living on the island.
But tourists are making plans and are happy to make the reservations. Many have rental cars and already know their exact travel dates months in advance.
There aren't many residents actually using the ferry so I don't think many people would notice a difference in service if there was a BC residents only ferry lane that boards first. Within reason of course. I think 20% of every sailing is reserved for drive on customers? Why not 5% reserved for BC residents who pay taxes to subsidize these ships?
It's closer to 75-90% (depending on various factors).
And I think you're significantly underestimating how many BC residents take the ferry. Next time you're on there walk around and look at plates. I'd be very surprised if you get anywhere close to 50% of personal vehicles with out of province plates.
Lots of rentals in the summer months. But yeah probably like half the people are residents during peak tourism