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Are we reaching ‘peak car’?
ANITA ELASH
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 8:00AM EDT
Anyone who has been stuck in big-city gridlock lately may find this hard to believe, but millions of Westerners are giving up their cars.
Experts say our love affair with the automobile is ending, and that could change much more than how we get around – it presents both an opportunity and an imperative to rethink how we build cities, how governments budget and even the contours of the political landscape.
READ MORE: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/are-we-reaching-peak-car/article2210139/
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