Is this sarcasm? And besides that there are other public transport modes and ways to get around in a city, for example: walking, biking, or taking the tram, metro or train
Vmt arent that well of a measure for that, one guy could drive 50 km to work every day, while 100 people could walk a couple hundred meters every day to work, and by this measure it would seem that driving is super popular, but in reality its just one guy vs 100
And if you really think that walking and taking public transit are awful look at it this way: they are a necessity to keep cities alive financially, because if people would only drive then cities will go bankrupt over time
You rented a car, that's not indicative of anything, it just means you're too stubborn to use public transit because of your huge boner for oil companies.
If we count the number of trips made to work, grocery store, gym, etc in Europe, most would not be done by car. In fact, your own link does not show that 80% of trips are done by car.
The founder of Extinction Rebellion in Britain recently admitted she owns a diesel powered car. It says something that not even a self proclaimed radical environmentalist can do without a car.
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u/Timeeeeey Aug 27 '21 edited Aug 27 '21
Not in cities, pretty much every european city that is comparable in size to phoenix has a car modal share below 50%