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Many, but not as many as the HN crowd thinks. In France, 80%+ households have at least one car, and 70%ish of commutes to work happen by car. It’s easy to forg
by achamayou 9y ago
Many, but not as many as the HN crowd thinks. In France, 80%+ households have at least one car, and 70%ish of commutes to work happen by car.
It’s easy to forget if you live in the centre of the capital city of course.
- icebraining 9y agoYes. Western Europe actually has more cars per capita than the US: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/its-official-western-europeans-have-more-cars-per-person-than-americans/261108/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/it... That said, I know many people who only use them occasionally. Gas is expensive here.
- achamayou 9y agoI do too, but I mostly know people who live in a city center, or a close suburb. I saw the statistics about the various commute mechanisms recently, and it was an interesting reminder that my intuition about this was way off (I would have guessed 50%+ public transport, when it's really 70%+ car).