Subject: Re: A $10 Trillion Market?
4) In affluent environments which are lacking good mass transit, such as the rural and suburban US, there is a perceived value to owning a car as goods and services tend not to be located close to housing in rural areas.

In the more suburban areas that are serviced by bus, there is a trend towards minivan transportation for the area the bus doesn't go to. We can call the van via ap and pick it up at the end of our street, a street which is considered so inconsequential that the snow plows don't even bother with us until it is much to late and the now packed ice can't be removed by anything other than a change in temperature. The minivans have essentially expanded the use of the bus system by bringing people closer to the bus line, which is the eventual discharge area. I confess, however, that we have not used it, even though it is still currently free. We Americans love our cars.

Right now we are in Montreal, and loving the walkable nature of the city, with our car safely tucked away in the garage below our vacation rental. Our excursion today will take us beyond physically walkable, but we will likely just take the Metro.

IP