Agreed, actually. I fully intend to stop driving after I retire. It's actually a conversation I've had a few times with my parents, and I'm heavily encouragin

Agreed, actually. I fully intend to stop driving after I retire. It's actually a conversation I've had a few times with my parents, and I'm heavily encouraging them to give up driving. I wish we had better licensing standards in the US at every level and that we forced aged-based retesting on older drivers. I know that my mother (72) for instance definitely should not be driving, but still does, although mostly my father (65) does the driving. I'd prefer if neither of them did. The flip side (and something I think Strong Towns would fully agree with me on) is that most American cities are constructed for cars and not for people, which means stricter licensing standards and being more careful about licensing of older drivers is somewhat of a non-starter if it means people have no feasible way to get to the store or the doctor (or for those below retirement age, to work). I also realize that my position is heavily privileged, both by my ability to afford newer cars and impeccable maintenance, my time and affordability of training, and that I will likely retire early enough in age to not ever become a road hazard due to my age. It is not lost on me that this cannot apply to most other people, and I recognize I'm an outlier in this way. I heavily support policies to increase public transit options, and I hope that self driving cars become a reality in my lifetime. We cannot build society's policies based on our highest or lowest outliers, but need to consider the reality of the normal person's experience.