• 56 percent of Michigan teenagers had driver’s licenses in 2021, down from 66 percent in 2000
  • Reasons for the decline include being too busy to learn and high car ownership costs
  • Cuts in driver’s ed funding may be disproportionately impacting Black and low-income teens
  • Banzai51@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    One is extremely cheaper and more economically viable than the other. We’re not going to magically go back to a time when everyone lived and worked within a small town with a cute main street with a handful of local stores. That vision of a walkable town never really existed for most.

    • TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Car dependent living is incredibly subsidized. It’s also (slowly) becoming more obvious as the cause of our pollution and traffic problems. For those reasons, and my own determination, I am optimistic that we will see the magical towns you describe in our lifetime.