Article 1FKNX End of the road: Uber and millennials help US cities cut car addiction

End of the road: Uber and millennials help US cities cut car addiction

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Matthew Wheeland
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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.

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