Just dropping in to say it's possible to own a #car *and* prefer getting around by other modes most of the time.

Habituation to #driving is not an insurmountable obstacle to reducing #automobile dependency and creating safer, greener, more resilient cities. Habits can be broken if the right supports are available at the right time.

#ClimateChange #Cars #TravelBehavior (1/2)

@DrTCombs
Yes, and ...
If you live anywhere that may be subject to evacuation orders from time to time, not having a car can be deadly. We have not yet developed the kind of public transit that can move people during evacuations

@mloxton @DrTCombs which, I think, highlights a problem with overall planning, which should include both transit and emergency operations. For mass evacuations, the private auto is probably the least effective. Pity it's often the only option.

@PaulWermer @mloxton 100%

We tend to plan and design for the best case scenario, even though the worst case scenario tends to strike with increasing frequency.

A great example of this in the regulations governing traffic control infrastructure, which explicitly assume that all road users are sober, competent, undistracted, and fully capable of good judgment at all times.