So you’re saying it somehow makes more sense for every single person to own a car and a garage and pay all the initial and maintaince upkeep, and insurance costs than just use a taxi or uber a handful of times a year?
If someone can get by for the vast majority of their needs without a car, they don’t need to own a car. We have taxis, rideshare, and car rentals that can fill in the gaps they can’t make with walking or transit. Those options are far cheaper than owning if they don’t use the car often.
I haven’t even touched on how car dependancy destroys affordability, city budgets, and the environment. I really don’t see how everyone owning a car is more of a winning narrative than everyone having access to effecient transit.
This is my main argument here. The relative unaffordability of a car makes it more desirable and more likely to be bought once a person is financially capable of doing it. See every Eastern European country where car ownership was extremely low until the exact moment an average person could afford one.
Note: I’m making a point about car ownership, not making it convenient to drive in a city. Driving the car should be discouraged through urbanist policy and design.
So you’re saying it somehow makes more sense for every single person to own a car and a garage and pay all the initial and maintaince upkeep, and insurance costs than just use a taxi or uber a handful of times a year?
If someone can get by for the vast majority of their needs without a car, they don’t need to own a car. We have taxis, rideshare, and car rentals that can fill in the gaps they can’t make with walking or transit. Those options are far cheaper than owning if they don’t use the car often.
I haven’t even touched on how car dependancy destroys affordability, city budgets, and the environment. I really don’t see how everyone owning a car is more of a winning narrative than everyone having access to effecient transit.
Being able to own a car ≠ owning a car.
This is my main argument here. The relative unaffordability of a car makes it more desirable and more likely to be bought once a person is financially capable of doing it. See every Eastern European country where car ownership was extremely low until the exact moment an average person could afford one.
Note: I’m making a point about car ownership, not making it convenient to drive in a city. Driving the car should be discouraged through urbanist policy and design.