How large of a $ rebate would be needed in year 2005 for you to put less than 7,000 miles on your odometer? Assume you own just one vehicle.
If I merely took into account our (my Wife's and my own) commutes, we actually drive 7,700 miles a year. My commute yearly is less than 800 miles a year. I actually reduce that sometimes by biking instead of driving. The problem comes in when you add doctors appointments, going to friends (they moved to eagan! we're in coon rapids!), going to the cabin, etc.
But, I think if we could figure out sensable ways to reduce 'commuting miles' we could avoid having to expand freeways at an unsustainable pace. I'm interested in fixed guideway systems with personal vehicles in the long term. Being able to drive your own vehicle onto either a track or an 'smart highway' that could optimally space vehicles and run the system far more effeciently in the same amount of paved area would be the sort of utopia I look forward to. We've already got an infrastructure that promotes aggregation of personal vehicles, it just needs to be evolved.
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