Perhaps the lack of public transport is a significant factor ("if you-the-parent are driving the kids around anyway, what do you do at destination? Hovering lik

Perhaps the lack of public transport is a significant factor ("if you-the-parent are driving the kids around anyway, what do you do at destination? Hovering like a helicopter is the easiest option") - I got a traffic pass, a watch and a time of curfew when starting 3rd grade, and that was it (no cellphones back then). Most of my classmates had a similar arrangement, what with 5-20 minutes of public transport commute; in a city where public transit is both cheap and plentiful, it would not make sense to even own a car for most people, other than a status symbol.