> make a car-optional lifestyle more viable You are more optimistic than I am. I’m 40, have never driven a car, and grew up in a very rural part of the country

> make a car-optional lifestyle more viable You are more optimistic than I am. I’m 40, have never driven a car, and grew up in a very rural part of the country, went to college in the suburbs, and now live in a pretty urban area. A lot of people say they want a car-optional lifestyle, but most really really don’t. If you make a car-optional lifestyle more viable, the vast majority of people will make up a new excuse for why it won’t for them. “I have to carry… The kids need to… My job is… It takes too long…”