ABSTRACT
Introduction The previous chapter provided definitions of sustainable transportation (ST) and explored two of its major challenges: automobile dependence and equity, and inequity in transportation. This chapter explores how cities evolved from walking cities to automobile cities and how a car culture developed, along with greater dependence on automobiles. The chapter investigates several facets of the car culture and contrasts two versions of everyday life: an automobiledependent family and neighbourhood is compared with the life of a car-free family in a traffic-calmed neighbourhood.
