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.

  • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Finally moved out of the small town into a big suburb and we have a functional transit system and god it’s the best. It’s not world class or anything close but it’s FUNCTIONAL. I can get everywhere I need in good enough time. It’s so good. I bring my ereader with me so even when I do unfortunately get stuck waiting half an hour for the next bus (which isn’t too common), it just means more reading time. I’m working through One Piece, so I don’t mind waiting around and reading lol. Taking children on the bus is also so much better than dealing with goddamn carseats.