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It’s True: The Typical Car Is Parked 95 Percent of the Time
- hochmartinez 3y ago"Cars are a very inefficient transportation technology for too many reasons to count. They take up huge amounts of space but get driven around mostly empty — the average private car in the U.S. carries only 1.6 people. A lot of the time, people drive distances that are short enough to easily walk or bike — 28 percent of car trips are a mile or less, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association."
- markus_zhang 3y agoI guess it's more about freedom of movement. And in many cases owning a car is almost mandatory in North America. Sure, I don't want to spend that extra money on car and tires and services if I could.
- nytesky 3y agoI’m skeptical of that mile or less comment. Most likely it involves picking up groceries or other heavy goods, transporting children, and ignores inclement weather — all which are difficult to impossible by bike and a large hardship by foot. The US is largely not built like Manhattan or European cities.
- nytesky 3y agoOne other note is the climate in the US is hotter and more humid, which makes perspiration from simply walking a mile a much more impactful exercise than in say London.