The numbers for 2011 just came in and it’s official: parking was down at both city and private lots downtown, while street parking (though still bring in more millions every year) didn’t keep growing quite as fast as expected.

Some are cheering at the news; others are blaming Mayor Moonbeam and Vancouver’s anti-car policies. (Check one)

In any case, as engineer Jerry Dobrovolny said in my Globe story, it was a year where the equilibrium shifted noticeably in the city, instead of the gradual change that usually happens.

(It wasn’t a Vancouver-only tax that produced the change, btw, for those confused by the headline, but a TransLink and provincial government tax.)

Another sign of the decline of the car in Vancouver that I didn’t include in the story, but remembered over the weekend, is the death of the downtown gas station. As far as I can tell, according to my knowledgeable tweet-responders, there are two gas stations left downtown: the Chevron on Georgia near Stanley Park and the Esso at Burrard and Davie.

The Shell at Main and Second is the latest to fall, as that area around the Olympic Village prepares to boom with new condos.