paulfromcamden
Baffled
I don’t agree that people get into cars only with good reason, it habitual. Circa 60% of car journeys are less than 6kms, it’s utter madness. There isn’t a war on motorists just a potential rebalance. Cities shaped around car use are not very pleasant.
Another anecdotal example (yes I know...)
Most mornings for the school run there's line of SUVs at the end of our (comfortably middle class) road queueing with their (big) engines idling to get onto the main road where they sit in traffic that barely moves.
It would probably be quicker for the kids to walk to school.
There are loads of bus services for kids who need to travel further.
In fact if I walk ten minutes down the road to a less middle-class part of town the buses are full of school kids.
So the row of SUVs shuttling Henrietta and Tarquin definitely represent car journeys made out of choice not necessity.