cars
Americans rate cars necessities above all else, but have been cutting car use - Pew research
Posted on Fri, 2009-05-01 23:07
Americans are driving less because of the recession but a survey by the Pew Research Center show they still rank a car as the number one necessity of modern life. Driving less and eliminating "unnecessary" car trips has been one of the leading ways people say they save money, according to the poll (see bottom of this report.) Asked to say whether an item is a necessity or a luxury 88% say a car is a necessity compared to:
Anti-carists
Posted on Tue, 2001-01-23 21:40Anti-carists
Originally published in issue 53 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 2001.
Page:15
Subjects:cars out of cars shirt to transit force
Sources:James Dunn
Stigmatizing Cars like Tobacco
Posted on Sat, 1999-10-16 20:04Stigmatizing Cars like Tobacco
Originally published in issue 43 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Oct 1999.
Page:11
Subjects:stigmatizing cars
Agencies:Transportation Alternatives TA
Locations:NY
Brookings Study Calls for Toll-X Pricing
Posted on Tue, 1999-02-02 14:31Brookings Study Calls for Toll-X Pricing
Originally published in issue 36 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Feb 1999.
Page:1
Subjects:tolling transit mode shares optimum
In print: Toll autoways, autolanes?
Posted on Tue, 1996-04-09 23:00In print: Toll autoways, autolanes?
Originally published in issue 2 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 1996.
Page:5
Subjects:trucks-only doubledecking for cars
Facilities:I-110
Locations:CA
Sources:Alstot
