I live in San Diego, a large city and never owned a car.
Went to work for decades by bus.
Grocery shoping, etc walking or bus and I am on forearm crutches also.
If I can do this, so can most. Use public transportation or walk.
well I lived in Philadelphia and let me tell ya - public transport stinks, big time.
That is, if you have public transportation where you live and work. Not everyone does.
I'd like to see those working for public transportation using more public transportation.
I see them getting around in cars like everybody else. If it works so well, they should be using it.
Here in the foothills and Sacramento, the local bus is almost close enough for me to walk but having chronic pain makes the more than 1/4 mile walk extremely painful. So I drive. If the stop was two blocks closer I'd take the bus. It's certainly cheaper. It only costs around $125.00 a month. Parking and gas are easily double that.
One more thing, in order to get into the HOV lane you need a total of two occupants. They should change the law so both occupants must have a driver's license, otherwise, having an infant in the passenger seat doesn't get a car off of the road.
If I can do this, so can most. Use public transportation or walk.
That's a personal choice, which is of course yours to make. I suppose it would be rude of me to point out that those who pay gasoline taxes typically pick up 50-75% of the cost of your bus ride?
Oh well...
Sounds nice if you live in a good climate. Doesn't work when you have freezing winter temperatures or broiling summer heat.
For example, a public transportation effort here in Austin has been largely a failure because a bus/tram/blight rail/etc. rarely takes you exactly where you need to go and you are forced to hoof it several blocks in 95-degree heat to get where you intended, often dripping in sweat.
The socialists have thrown all sorts of money and environutsy ideas at the problem but you just aren't going to talk most people out of their air conditioned cars in July.