Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet

In the U.S., the costs of car dependency keep growing, far above the $12,000-per-year average expense of owning a new one. Coast-to-coast, the cars and trucks we drive cause about 16 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

America's car culture glamorized in advertisements, enforced by zoning laws and enabled by taxpayer subsidiesis a choice that now comes at too high a cost, both for ourselves and for the environment.

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