Driving Is Going Out of Style
6th December 2013
Specifically, the second- and third-largest declines in car commuting were seen in the Washington, DC and Austin, TX metropolitan areas which had two of the most robust job markets during the recession.
Unlike mass-transit systems, which take you from where you aren’t to where you don’t necessarily want to be at huge expense to the taxpayers and at the mercy of government employees, riding a bicycle has most of the virtues of an automobile absent a lot of the defects (in the eyes of the politically correct).
And it’s no surprise to see it flourish in dense urban areas with semi-decent weather. (Notice that nobody is riding bicycles in Boston or Chicago).