Despite saving hundreds of dollars and even making new friends, none of the people who agreed to ditch their car for this Brisbane experiment wanted to go car-free permanently. This is why.
Article about an experiment from Brisbane, Australia.
haha, my eye-word comprehension failed me, thank you. I can guess why that happened in Australia, but now I will read the article out of idiotic shame to make sure.
yeaaa, limited public transport, urban sprawl, stuck in their routine, even though it’s cheaper to use public transport they’ve been indoctrinated to use cars and imprisoned by their municipal layout.
In many places, using a car is really the only reasonable way. Even when you technically could bike and/or use public transit, it’s either so slow or impractical that it wouldn’t be practical for a normal person. Sometimes, anything short of an infrastructure overhaul can’t work long term.
That would be good, but unfortunately the opposite was true.
haha, my eye-word comprehension failed me, thank you. I can guess why that happened in Australia, but now I will read the article out of idiotic shame to make sure.
whoops no i wonttttt paywallllll here folks:
https://archive.is/JiKZF
yeaaa, limited public transport, urban sprawl, stuck in their routine, even though it’s cheaper to use public transport they’ve been indoctrinated to use cars and imprisoned by their municipal layout.
suuucks.
In many places, using a car is really the only reasonable way. Even when you technically could bike and/or use public transit, it’s either so slow or impractical that it wouldn’t be practical for a normal person. Sometimes, anything short of an infrastructure overhaul can’t work long term.