Car-free trial reveals Brisbane living ‘too hard’ without a private vehicle
news.uq.edu.au
Ten car-owning Brisbane residents were challenged to go about their daily lives without their vehicles for 20 days. Two main difficulties stood out during the study.
  • UQ researchers recruited 10 car-owning Brisbane residents to go without their vehicles for 20 days;
  • Participants were asked follow their regular schedules using only public transport, cycling, walking, micro-mobility devices such as scooters, and taxis and ride-share services in an emergency;
  • Brisbane’s sprawling urban layout and public transport limitations were identified as the main barriers to permanent car-free life in the city.
  • Greyghoster@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    It probably depends on how you structure your life in the city. If you start without a car then you build your life and contacts more locally. That’s how people did it in the past before cars. Admittedly there were a lot more local shops and employment opportunities. This is where walkable cities comes in.

    It would be difficult to just give up the car as a lot of people have too much distance in their lives and public transport doesn’t go where they need to be in a timely fashion.