Many of you asked me about my Olympia commute, well here it is! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7-olLeV39iydmw.html

Great video. I'm car free in LA and love biking, transit, and walking. I finally took Metrolink for the first time and thought it was awesome. I can't wait to ride it again.

I've been car free since 2015, when I was living in Austin Texas. I had to choose between rent and a car payment and I chose rent. My car was repo'd and I didn't get it back. I started biking to work and realized that...I kinda like it. And then I tried riding the bus and found that it was kind of fun and surprisingly easy. I've been car free ever since, almost 10 years later.

I enjoy riding transits in Seattle most of the time! Love how people recognize that public transits are very important and also, yes, we should have less cars now and then to minimize the traffic jam everyday

Sorry I ruined the car-free stretch (I was the driver). To be fair though, you could've in theory taken a bus to the Airport and later we were driving full mini-vans (which are basically mini-buses)

Very nice video, as always! I haven’t been in any cars for quite awhile, either. I’m very much excited to see our transit system grow and encourage more ridership over time. Hopefully I can also do a whole car-free year as well.

Kudos! Because Alberta has the highest auto insurance rates in Canada (thank you Ralph Klein and privatization for that one) I didn't even bother to get my learner's permit until I was 30. And even then I only bought a Smart Fortwo to drive the mile to work and back because of safety issues on Edmonton Transit and doing shift work which left me stranded after hours despite living only 5 bus stops and a 10 minute walk across a parking lot to get home. And even now since the pandemic I work from home and now car-share only when needed which mainly for grocery runs since my area is currently a food desert since Safeway moved to fancier digs further afield...

You rock! I want to bike and transit. You’re lucky enough to live in a city that does have multi modal transportation options. My only issue is dealing with bad weather. Also the link is the best way to get to the airport! There’s always the risk of getting caught in the drive up which is always backed up!

Very nice! I've been living without a car in SoCal for around 12 years. I decided early on that driving caused me too much anxiety, and I'd already been biking long distance before I got my license, so I figured, why downgrade? It's also cheaper.

Great video. It’s not easy to break a habit like car dependency.

Very nice! I especially enjoyed the snowy footage.

I live in Lacey and had to commute by car to the office in Seattle once a week (basically the opposite direction of what you have to do) until I discovered that Amtrak added new lines to the Cascades lines that made it a decent commuting option for me. I live right across the tracks from the Centennial Station (only a few minutes on the city bus to it), and my office is only a five minute walk from King Street Station in Seattle. It would be absolutely perfect if they had one more train that's 30 minutes to 1 hour earlier than their first train, but frankly, it's fine. The entire trip is basically 2 hours total, which is basically the same as driving, and ends up basically costing less than parking in Seattle. Win win for me! We were worried we'd need a second car if my company enforces 3 days a week in the office. Once I discovered this was a commute option where I can be working on the train, get up and use the rest room and stretch my legs if I need to, or walk to the cafe to get a snack and get into the office early enough to get to our Friday morning meetings on time, it was a no-brainer. We got a Cargo eBike instead of a second car to cart our kid around over the Summer since he's outgrown the bike trailer we used to use.

I've been carless in Vancouver BC for a number of years, using only occasional car shares (real car shares, not Uber 🙂), and occasional lifts from friends. But my experience is that there is virtually nothing I can't do or access within the city itself by walking, biking, or transit. For some people the idea of being carless might be panic-inducing, and there are certainly many people who need a car. But if you're lucky enough to live in a city that is basically walkable, and has good bike infrastructure and transit service, I'd argue that your quality of life trends higher when you ditch the car. It's true that you lose the ability to spontaneously drive 50km to an out-of-the-way destination, but that is balanced by far more pleasant experiences on a daily basis of getting around your neighbourhood and city on foot and by bike, and a new-found appreciation of the efficiency and low cost of good public transit. You will gradually redraw your mental map of your city when you stop driving, but my sense is that it's a more pleasant and human-scaled map. I've thought several times of 'joining the crowd' and getting a car again, but in the end I always realize that I just don't want one.

Awesome video! As I am personally more car-centric, it is very neat to see the point of view from someone who is quite the opposite! The narrating is on point. Great job!

Even if you don't have a car I still believe everyone should have a driver's license. You never know when even having one without a car will be useful. Also teaches you the rules of the road for when you're riding a bike.

Great video. New sub here!

Great video. I was excited when you said you mentioned your e-bike and showed the Rad City 5+, but was sad you referred to it as RIP. I'm about 2 months into my City 5, and love it. What happened to yours, if I may ask?

One step towards making cities more livable should be a ban on full-sized vehicles especially ICE-powered ones... If people swapped their whip for transit, bikes, walking and yes kei/city electric cars like are all the rage in China right now places would be much quieter, cleaner and equitable... Vehicles that are polluting, heavy, loud and large should be penalized if not outright banned especially since when we look at traffic patterns almost all commutes are under 40 miles round trip per day and rarely involved any speeds about 45 MPH... Medium-speed electric vehicles are a classification of car that is increasingly common worldwide and they fill this gap perfectly... Although the overall solution is to reduce car use as much as possible for a variety of obvious reasons, they are the best option for when all else fails...

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so 6 HOURS per day for 5 days a week, that is terrible, are you able to get a house closer to work? Great video by the way!

2:00 At that moment i had a good laugh)As european i cant imagine living in a place that requires transit to get groceries(till you offer me a green card and 25$/hr of course)

you spent 6 hours a day riding a bus to get to work? 3-5 days a week???

Umm not everyone wants to be in a bus where you come across crazy people and people who smell. There should still be options for everyone. Many people still preter to be in their cars to go anywhere they need to go. Walking during the heatwaves in the summer or freezing cold temperatures in the winter is not enjoyable to most people. Yes driving may be stressful sometimes but there is nothing better then beinh in a car with a nice cold AC in the summer and a heater in the winter.

Not much of an achievement... I've been car-free since 2006, living comfortably in the Portland suburbs. I use transit and have two bikes, one electric and one pedal-driven. Both bikes have fenders and racks/folding baskets and I have no trouble shopping or running my various errands. I live very near my favorite golf course, so walking over there for my weekly game is not a problem and, yes, we ALL walk the course (no power carts allowed in my foursome). So, one year does not impress me. When you get to 20 years, I might listen to you.