Good article. Thanks for posting.


I emailed the writer and thanked him for the excellent article. I also gave him a link to our website and forum.

From the article:

"Drivers are hemhorraging money. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics calculated that in 2006 vehicles sucked down nearly 17 cents of every family dollar."

I think that says it all and why most of us became car free. When you're spending 17% of your income on a motorcar, it effects your whole lifestyle to the detriment. People don't believe me when I state that 150 years from now, our great, great grand children will be car free. I don't believe this percentage will go down and in fact, will go up as the price of petrol increases with each decade.

In about 50 years, I suspect this number will be 40% of every family dollar or more for those who want to remain dependant on motor transport.