According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, approximately one-third of the nation’s residents don’t have driver’s licenses. In her 2024 book “When Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency,” disability advocate Anna Zivarts argues that not only is America’s car-centric infrastructure harmful to the climate, it also fails to meet the everyday needs of many Americans.

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    Taxis are immensely more efficient space wise than individual people owning cars.

    The average car is parked 97% of the time. If we took taxis away from NYC and didn’t compensate with public transport , they’d probably have to replace central park with a massive parking lot. Not kidding.

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      4 days ago

      They are, my only point was no drivers license doesn’t equal not traveling by car