But could you imagine a future where you didn't need to bother with all that logistics? What if school, soccer practice and work were all in walkable or bikeable distance, for instance? I'm not advocating people to be forced to sell their cars, I'm advocating for moving towards a society not based around everyone having to drive everywhere.
> What if school, soccer practice and work were all in walkable or bikeable distance, for instance?
They are for me now and actually always have been.
I walk my child to daycare 1300 meters every weekday because I live in a somewhat walkable European city. I also work remotely but if I didn't I would probably commute by tram, because my stop is less than 250m away. Shopping is done via one of those delivery services that appeared during the pandemic. Alternatively I could go to the supermarket and farmers' market, both of which are within 500m of my apartment or just buy something in one of the corner stores that are even closer - I don't do that because contrary to what the Not Just Bikes guy says, daily shopping goes from quaint to annoying really quick when you have a family.
I also grew up in a commie superblock where I had a school, playground, culture centre, supermarket, pharmacy, dentist, library and even a clinic not only within walking distance, but reachable without going through a single zebra crossing because most of the parking spaces were in streets parallel to the main roads wrapping around the superblock.
With all that I still have a car, which I drive less than 7000km annually, because there are use cases where public transport just doesn't do it for me, namely: weekend trips to places which either have poor or non-existent public transport or visits to my extended family, from which I return too late to catch the direct line back home which functions only during the day.
If everyone followed my model of living we would have even less cars than countries advertising themselves as cycling-oriented like the Netherlands and Denmark, where people with families also generally have cars if they can afford it.
Cars are a massive convenience when you have unpredictable little humans to watch over.
My original post was promoting car sharing services. Your usecase could be perfect for that, if they were reliable and always available, right?
At least it works fine for me. Whenever I need a car, I rent one parked outside. Instead of the street block being full of unused cars taking up the space, we now only have a few designated spots for these share cars, and some short term parking for visitors.
