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Originally Posted by nic.aziz
Getting people to give up their cars is just unreasonable and will never work.
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I think that's true in the short to medium term at least.
The availability and affordability of cars has shaped some aspects of society. People can live further from their place of work, shopping centres etc. or conversely shopping centres etc. can be further from population centres.
It has also had a negative impact on public transport. In UK the "Beeching Axe" closed thousands of railway stations, most of them local.
We have come to dependent on private rather than public transport.
As an example, if I used public transport to get to work each way would require two bus changes, three train changes, take twice as long as driving, and cost six times as much as my fuel costs. I don't suppose it is a unique situation. We need cars to get about our daily lives.
I don't know about the long term. Fuel availability, prices and taxation may take traffic off the roads.
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Originally Posted by nic.aziz
People just need to stop and think about whether they really need a car for many of their journeys.
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They maybe also need to think about getting a more fuel efficient car.