(Everyone that drives, including myself): Yeah but I’m a good driver. I’m more worried about other people on the road then myself.
For real though, if I had the option to take public transportation to where I work I would take that pretty much daily. Cars are expensive and dangerous even if you are a good driver. And if my car broke down I could lose my job. The fact that so many people in car centric countries don’t even have a back up when things go wrong is abysmal.
We moved from the US to a developed nation. Sold the car on the way out the door. Haven’t looked back. Love living without the car. Our kids are so much safer here. Even the cars that are around driver slower and the roads are human scale so we have wide sidewalks with narrow streets to cross.
I commute by tram and train to work and shopping is mostly done on foot. When we need more, we can always rent a van for a day or do a delivery service. There’s also the cargo bike option, which works for upwards of small appliances without much trouble.
When all you have is a car, everything looks like a place to put more roads.
(Everyone that drives, including myself): Yeah but I’m a good driver. I’m more worried about other people on the road then myself.
For real though, if I had the option to take public transportation to where I work I would take that pretty much daily. Cars are expensive and dangerous even if you are a good driver. And if my car broke down I could lose my job. The fact that so many people in car centric countries don’t even have a back up when things go wrong is abysmal.
We moved from the US to a developed nation. Sold the car on the way out the door. Haven’t looked back. Love living without the car. Our kids are so much safer here. Even the cars that are around driver slower and the roads are human scale so we have wide sidewalks with narrow streets to cross.
I commute by tram and train to work and shopping is mostly done on foot. When we need more, we can always rent a van for a day or do a delivery service. There’s also the cargo bike option, which works for upwards of small appliances without much trouble.
When all you have is a car, everything looks like a place to put more roads.