"Has America passed peak driving?"
This New York Times article raises an exciting question. For now, the absolute normalcy of driving still seems pretty persistent, but how many of us have noticed a shift just in our own habits over the last 5 years? Do you drive less, try to carpool more, make the extra effort to walk, bike or take public transit if it is available?
I like the thought that we will rely dramatically less on cars not because of some painful upheaval, but as a result in a normal shift in priorities by our culture. As we value a simpler, less destination oriented lifestyle we will naturally relinquish our need to drive everywhere.
But what will come first? The climates need for us to stop driving, or our realization that we don't really need to drive?
-Lindsay