EcoMobility Gaining Ground As Cars/Roads Become Too Expensive
Car Ownership Declines in Europe as Cities' Focus on Walking, Bikes & Public Transit
Cost of Personal Car Ownership Tops $10,000 a year
By Stephen Leahy
CHANGWON, South Korea, Nov 1, 2011 (Tierramérica)
Berlin is a big capital city of a country famed for making excellent automobiles, but it can no longer afford roads and is now moving people by transit, bike and especially through walking.
In North America the cost of owning and operating a private automobile amounts to 8,000 to 12,000 dollars a year of after-tax income, according to automobile clubs. Many families have two vehicles that their biggest expense by far. There better ways to be mobile.
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