A third of Americans don't drive. So why is our transportation so car-centric? - eviltoast

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, approximately one-third of the nation’s residents don’t have driver’s licenses. In her 2024 book “When Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency,” disability advocate Anna Zivarts argues that not only is America’s car-centric infrastructure harmful to the climate, it also fails to meet the everyday needs of many Americans.

  • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    And transport still needs what…think that through a little more…

    The roads for mass transit are the same as they are for individual transit…and they aren’t specialized, they’re universal. A small car, bike, bus, or semi can all drive on the same road.

    A train track can only be used by a train. Sidewalks can only be used by pedestrians and maybe bikers.

    A road however – can be used by all shape and size of transport; including the transport that the last 14% need.

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      7 days ago

      This doesn’t seem like a good-faith argument, because this is a pre-schooler’s take on transportation issues. Anybody with a passing familiarity with roads can see the holes in it.

    • mlegstrong@sh.itjust.works
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      Rails & trails. We have spent the last 50 years building “one more lane” to solve traffic & all it does is incentivize more cars. Roads don’t promote high density travel like a proper bike network in a city or a commuter rail network to connect suburbs together.