According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, approximately one-third of the nation’s residents don’t have driver’s licenses. In her 2024 book “When Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency,” disability advocate Anna Zivarts argues that not only is America’s car-centric infrastructure harmful to the climate, it also fails to meet the everyday needs of many Americans.

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    4 days ago

    The article of “1/3 people don’t have drivers licenses so why are we so car centric”. People still use cars (as taxis) without a drivers license. Having no license does not mean you solely rely on transit.

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      4 days ago

      I’m pretty confident that most people moving around NYC are not taking a taxi on the daily. I’m guessing you don’t live here.

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        4 days ago

        You missed the point of what I was meaning. The article was eluding to people without licenses should mean leas reliance on cars. But Uber exists, taxis exist, car pool exist. Just because a person doesn’t have a license does not equal not traveling by car.