People are really out to lunch if they think this is due to people not wanting cars and preferring public transit. I wish that was the case, but it's 100% because of the dire financial situation.
You didn't read the article. It was about a kid still in high school who had access to a car paid for by her parents. She just didn't bother to get a drivers license despite there being every reason to believe that she would have no problem passing the test.
Sure there are those who cannot afford a car, but that isn't what the article is about.
> I wish that was the case, but it's 100% because of the dire financial situation
Not necessarily so.
I live 2 minutes from two tram lines and two bus lines.
I live 4 minutes from a train station with a train every 15 minutes.
It takes my 12 minutes door to door to the central train station and 25 minutes door to door to a 2nd tier European airport with excellent world wide connections.
I'm a member of a car sharing cooperative with about a dozen cars within 10 minutes walking distance. I don't think that I rented one in the last two years because I just didn't need a car.
And all this has really nothing to do with my financial situation. It's just that owning a car with public transport connections within walking distance would not add to my mobility in any reasonable sense.
You'd be surprised if you lived in Copenhagen for a while. About 2/3 of the population commutes either on foot or through public transit.
Personally, I am walking 40 minutes each way to go to work, or uber in the morning and walking in the afternoon. It's not that I can't afford a car. I am just not interested in owning one.
Yeah. Owning and driving a car is becoming really expensive. It's understandable that people will avoid it if they are able to.
Also, I'm pretty sure that many "anti car" teens still know someone, like their parents or a friend, that owns a car and can help them out occasionally.
