If you would like a really thoughtful and interesting account by someone who has lived all his life without a car – bringing up his family and now living in a Lincolnshire town - read this article by David Hurdle http://www.thefourwheeldetox.com/page16.htm/ And then you might like to read some of the other personal stories in Stephen Young's e-book http://www.thefourwheeldetox.com/.