Comments on: Young Japanese Just Say No to Cars http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-45372 Martin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:08:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/#comment-45372 a comment from tokyo, how should young japanese be able to afford 1. a car and 2. a parking space?! especially in the metro areas of tokyo. nagoya and osaka, that's just not realistic. so no wonder about the result of that survey. and after all, if you work an average 16 hours a day you don't need a car, as there's no leisure time to make use of a car. a comment from tokyo, how should young japanese be able to afford 1. a car and 2. a parking space?! especially in the metro areas of tokyo. nagoya and osaka, that’s just not realistic. so no wonder about the result of that survey.

and after all, if you work an average 16 hours a day you don’t need a car, as there’s no leisure time to make use of a car.

]]> By: Mark http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-45360 Mark Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:25:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/#comment-45360 You can expect peak oil to accelerate this trend. You can expect peak oil to accelerate this trend.

]]> By: Dave H. http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-45353 Dave H. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:13:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/young-japanese-just-say-no-to-cars/#comment-45353 You can expect the million- (billion-?) propaganda machine called advertizing will be rolled out to try to slow this trend. You can expect the million- (billion-?) propaganda machine called advertizing will be rolled out to try to slow this trend.

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