Originally Posted by Nightshade

IMO the one draw back to one car for most families is.......Distance. Distance from a lot of the goods and services that were once closer and more abundant. The big box suburban sprawl life style of many town and cities makes cycling tough to do on a larger scale than anything else.

We own two long ago paid for cars (to ensure one is running or available) and must keep them since our medical services are not within cycling distance. Our food and other supplies are also some distance away with the growth of big box. On and on it goes so until the smaller more compact lifestyle of years past comes back to America cycling & one car will be a dream for millions of Americans.

We use the internet to bring many goods to our door much as was done with catalog service that made Sears ,J.C Penney etc. household names but that still leaves much that force us to own cars.