End of the road: Uber and millennials help US cities cut car addiction
by Matthew Wheeland from Environment | The Guardian on (#1FKNX)
The growth of car-free homes, a drop in driver's licences and increased car-sharing could all be signs of a move away from the automobile
If all goes according to plan, next year construction will begin on a 30-storey residential tower in Austin, Texas. Nothing new in the daily life of a booming city, except for one thing: the apartment tower will offer no parking spaces to residents.
Whether you gauge it by the growth of car-free homes, a steady drop in drivers' licences for younger age-groups, or the rise in car-sharing, metropolitan areas across the US have lately made strides in getting residents out of - and rid of - their cars.