Just over half of Americans now live in areas they consider suburban (with the remainder roughly split between urban and rural). More than 90 percent of commuters get to work by car. On average, we spend about 100 minutes per day in our vehicles.
Most of us love our cars. We love the experience of driving, the freedom our cars give us to travel and the flexibility to live in a place that best fits our budget and lifestyle.
On the other hand, we don’t love the sense of futility and lost time with family that come with sitting in a traffic jam. We don’t love spending gobs of money on gasoline. We don’t love polluted skies.
