From Andrea Needham, Hastings, East Sussex, UK
14 November, p 24
From Andrea Needham, Hastings, East Sussex, UK Graham Lawton is right, it is challenging to live without a car; our towns are built around them and public transport is often unfit for purpose. But I can’t help but think that his return to car ownership is premature.
Could his son take the train to university? Many young people do. He could ask a neighbour to take his rubbish to the tip in exchange for help with a project of theirs. And as for having to buy a car so his family could “escape to the countryside” during the pandemic without the dangers of public transport, that’s a privilege unavailable to many.
I am 55, have never owned a car and am pretty sure I never will. Yes, it can be inconvenient. But the money saved, the emissions averted and the freedom of one less thing in your life makes living without a car, especially in this era of climate crisis, a no-brainer.
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