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What If 78,000 Central Ohioans Stopped Driving, For Good?
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September 19, 2011
by Mandie Trimble
89.7 NPR News Reporter
As many as 788,000 people commute each day in the Columbus Metro area. And The US Census Bureau says they’re lonely – riding alone, no one in the passenger seat. For years, MORPC has pushed different campaigns to promote less driving, like this week’s “Car Free Day.” The commission does not have a specific goal as to how many cars it would like to take off the roads.
But what if, say, 10 percent of us stopped driving alone. So what would happen if 78,000 Central Ohioans permanently parked their cars? Right away we’d see…
READ MORE: http://beta.wosu.org/news/2011/09/19/what-if-78000-central-ohioans-stopped-driving-for-good/
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