"The absurdity of our century-old, ad hoc approach to mobility is captured in one statistic: The utilization rate of automobiles in the U.S. is about 5%. " Exc

"The absurdity of our century-old, ad hoc approach to mobility is captured in one statistic: The utilization rate of automobiles in the U.S. is about 5%. " Except it's not all about mobility. People like cars for all sorts of reasons and mobility is only one reason. [1] Just like watching a football game doesn't serve much social purpose other than entertainment (and socialization...and that's ok) owning a car is a valid way for some people and infact many people to gain enjoyment. Those that don't want to own don't have to own but please don't assume that just because you might enjoy sharing a car or a ride that everybody should desire and do the same thing. And for anyone that says "yeah but there is an environmental impact to having cars" there is an environmental and healthcare impact to hosting a sporting event or a rock concert or even kids playing soccer or football (healthcare, injuries, car pooling kids) and so on. [1] If it were only about getting from point a to b they wouldn't care about the color, the features or the brand.