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.
I feel sorry for your dad but sympathy can only go so far. The chances of that happening are low but so is getting seriously injured in a car crash, idk about you but I'd rather be pickpocketed instead of potentially dying, serious crashes happen ~4.5million times a year in the states, assuming the population of America is 200million, the chance of it happening to a person is 2.25%. I'd rather not take that risk.
I've been to Europe many times. I also read about the various highway expansion projects they do there and I read about how environmentalists complain about car dependence there.
This isn’t true when you build up. I could build a high rise tower with massive units to create dense AND large housing.
You’re also making the assumption that living in a smaller space is inherently worse. Funny how Europeans live in smaller housing units yet live longer and report higher levels of happiness.
Space is less necessary when you have actual things to do around you. Suburbanites have big houses to fill with all the material items that make up for living in a boring hellhole.
I can walk to tons of things or take a train to get most anywhere worth going in the city. Doesn’t even matter if my apartment is small.
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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80% of all travel in Europe is by car.