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A third of Americans don't drive. So why is our transportation so car-centric? (yaleclimateconnections.org)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Not having a driver license doesn't mean not driving. It just means driving without a license in many cases, often also without insurance.

In some cases, these are immigrants who cannot get a driver license without having a legal status. IMO, we should make it easy for these people you get a license and insurance.

In other cases these are bad drivers with suspended or revoked licenses due to serious violations. The rest of us would benefit by their having a public transit option that works.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

There’s no way those numbers change it drastically from “about a third”.

We should not make it easier to drive, we should make it easier to get around without needing to drive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that's kind of a weird way to look at it because the inverse is also true: having a driver's license also doesn't actually mean someone drives. I don't own a car, but have a license. I walk or take the bus for most of my transportation needs, but renew my driver's license so that I have the option to rent a car for the rare situations where it makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Why the immigrant perception? Seems to feed the propaganda of "immigrant bad".

I agree with your point, but there are plenty of reason someone would choose to drive without insurance. It does not necessarily mean they are automatically an immigrant.