Alan Durning of the Sightline Institute has been struggling with the issue of living a year-long car-free experiment with his family:
'Durning's most recent installment in his chronicle of carlessness expounds upon this paradox. He breaks down our illogical driving decisions like a skilled philosopher:
[W]hen you have a car at your disposal, driving it is your reflexive response to most mobility needs. And I mean this in a specific, cognitive sense. I mean that when a need that involves distance or travel comes up, you immediately think of driving the car and your brain avoids thinking about alternatives.
This may sound like a stretch. Surely, it’s a matter of convenience, not cognition. Surely, it’s an intuitive economic calculation: a weighing of costs...What if it’s not?'
A shift to car-free living seems to require some deep philosophical sessions...
Read more at 'TravelSmart and a Philosophical Formula for the Urge to Drive'
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