9% of US households do not have any available vehicles. In larger cities, the proportion tends to be much higher. The rate of carlessness among households of color is about double that of white households, and households with incomes below $25,000 a year are nine times more likely to be carless. It’s extremely inefficient to heave a couple of tons of metal around at great speed for the transportation of one single person. Dense downtown neighborhoods have become more desirable due in part to their facilitation of short, car-free commutes. Now some streets are getting converted to safe thoroughfares for bikes and pedestrians. (Grist, May 18, 2020)
