Originally Posted by
Juha
Around here, that doesn't count as "very car light". One car per family is pretty much the norm. We're a DINK family, and neither of us has ever owned a car.
--J
Originally Posted by
akohekohe
Ha, ha ... well around in my sub division a two car family is pretty unusual and a one car family is unheard of ... most houses have three or four cars in the driveway and yard.
In a country like the US where there are more cars than drivers, the one-car family is a reasonable goal in terms of keeping at least some members of the family walking or biking. It also helps, as in wahoonc's family, set up a one-income family... which is a real boon when children are young and someone needs to be a home.
It would also help that "one less car" scenario... I was reading in the local paper that our recent $110 million freeway expansion no longer helps ease congestion... just 5 years after it was finished.
We really need to think about some strategies for reducing the car population.