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Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living

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Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 8 days ago

Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit

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Are Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance they would be happy to do without? Obviously there are plenty of Americans who do love their cars, but here’s more evidence that there are fewer of them […]

cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org /m/[email protected]/t/1372827

We find that nearly one fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18 %), and an additional 40 % are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10 %) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car.

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It’s not like it needs an extreme implementation. Just start with transport hubs dotted around the outskirts of the city so you can drive to one and then get a tram in.

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