Originally Posted by
hnsq
What price can you put on being able to drive home to visit your family 300 miles away? Or being able to take your girlfriend to the shore 250 miles away? I ride my bike for transportation as much as I can, but being completely car-free limits yourself way too much. Cars are more expensive, but they provide a service that bikes alone simply cannot.
This is a weird perspective that keeps popping up on this forum. When I became car free I retained the ability to rent a car. Four of us rented one just a few years ago for a NYC road trip. I think that we car free can also hop on a bus or train or call a cab or ambulance too. Actually, I visit my family more since ditching the car than I did when car dependent. I do it the same way I did when I had a car, I take a train or airplane. Selling the car didn't prevent me from making reservations.