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83% of Americans live in urban areas and 70% of annual vehicle miles are in urban areas. Rural communities are an edge case where cars would still make sense.
by sumeno 4y ago
83% of Americans live in urban areas and 70% of annual vehicle miles are in urban areas. Rural communities are an edge case where cars would still make sense.
- mlindner 4y ago17% of Americans is not an "edge case" by any stretch of the imagination. That's 57 million people.
- kbelder 4y agoNot to mention the fact that a large part of those 83% would like to be able to occasionally travel outside the urban area.
- sumeno 4y agoThere are also planes and trains, and, if you're travelling to a remote location without access to either of those, rental cars. But most people in an urban area are primarily travelling within that urban area.
- sumeno 4y agoOK? You ignore the larger point by disagreeing with the terminology I chose. Reducing car usage in the US by 70% would be an absolutely massive win
- lamontcg 4y agoAnd Musk sending employees back to the office is the opposite of reducing single occupancy vehicle use.
- ghaff 4y agoYou might want to look up how the US Census Bureau defines urban. My 7,000 person town with orchards and farms is considered an urban area. This makes some sense as it's loosely part of a greater metropolitan area but it's not remotely an area that could be served to a significant degree by public transportation.