Posted by: pmp6nl
« on: July 12, 2011, 08:20:53 PM »Ah ok, gotcha.I think the answers to your last question can be found by looking through all of www.streetsblog.org.
The question is how do we get them to give up automobiles? This is not going to be easy. Perhaps we could look at Europe or other areas that have historically had lower usage of personal automobiles. Have many studies been done on the subject?
The culture is different in the US, and even I have no idea how I would travel for long distances without a car (although it is easier in Europe with public transportation). Here, cars=freedom, and telling Americans to give up freedom is . . . well, what it appears to be. When I'm traveling to a larger city though, the best part of the trip is being able to park the car and forget about it, because I hate the stress of it all.
Thanks for the link.
Yea, the US culture is completely different in regards to things like cars... but its what most of us have grown up with (cars being the primary mode of transportation). Perhaps its something that could be built into the culture over time. Of course the use of bikes in larger cities is a lot more popular, for good reason. The least we can do is try.