A common reaction I get when saying that people should walk more and take transit more is "I don't want to get rid of my car," even though there's no need to get rid of your car to walk or take transit. The idea of having real choice in transportation is alien in USA...
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...which, interestingly, has been the case long before cars were invented. Here, an English visitor to the USA remarks on the utter dependence of Americans on railways to the neglect of all other available modespic.twitter.com/kNxIuN5xR3
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I'll post more from this book (American Railroads as Investments) later today--it's been one of my favorites for years, brimming with useful period perspectives
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