Car Usage Poll

Option missing -> I don't own a car but hire/borrow one occasionally.

I voted Infrequent but in fact am the same as Ed - I have borrowage of a car when I need it.

I don't have a car but I use 'er indoors's occasionally.

I think you can count that as either carfree or infrequent depending how you view it yourself

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Didn't drive much until we moved three weeks ago. Now I travel 40 miles and across two international borders each way to get to work.

Option missing -> I live in Los Angeles!

(okay - and own a car!)

I average about 2500 miles a month.

What percentage of that 2500 miles is commute Milo?

My car is 2 years old and has 5,000 miles on it, so I guess not very much. It only gets used for errand running and occasional weekend excursions. I bike to work.

Car free. But I don't ride the bus either, it's all cycling all the time here.

carfree but hate the bus never get it. i stick to trams, trains and lifts.

fuck driving but i do it every day

I would like to be car-free (although I do enjoy driving on occasion), but having a baby and living in this city kind of necessitates the use of a car unfortunately.

yeah having a kid would be the only reason i'd probably ever get a car. lots of parents around here just stick the baby on the back of the bike but there's no way i'd be game to do that

What city do you live in Super Cub?

voted "carfree" (as i don't have or even rent one ever), b-b-but i do must need, and take, a taxi ride now and again.

If you count that as carfree thats fine. I would count that as carfree. The idea is not to be puritanical. I prefer categories to be mainly self-defined with no absolutes - really an idea of where we see ourselves re:cars at this moment in time

I used to be in the Regular category -- I drove to and from band practice twice a week (with my keyboard in the trunk) -- but now that I'm no longer in the band, I pretty much only drive on weekends. And with gas prices the way they are, I'm trying to limit that to running errands that are made more convenient by driving (groceries, e.g.) and otherwise biking or riding the CTA.

What percentage of that 2500 miles is commute Milo?

Well, uh, my 'office' is only about a mile from my apartment. So that's my commute, I guess. But the rest of the mileage is almost entirely driving from office to jobsite, jobsite to jobsite, picking up supplies, etc..

(On the upside, all my gas and maintenance is paid for including personal use.)

I have long work drives every day that are not public transit workable and barely drive anywhere else (walk or take the PATH train to shopping, entertainment, etc.)

But soon I'll be dumping my car.

New York City going partially car-free 3 days this August:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/nyregion/17closing.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, 2008 is the Third Annual Dump the Pump Day in America. Many metro regions are offering reduced fares on public transportation.

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