How are their so many cars on the roads these days?

Question

How are their so many cars on the roads these days?

Answer 1

because we are creatures of habit,and we love cars(see the 1950's) also each kid gets one at 16(which is b.s.) and drives everywhere. look at cities like n.y.c. people will not walk a block. the will drive.(i used to live in qns NY, left for the island 8 years ago.

Answer 2

The more people driving, the more they can go to work and pay taxes.  Less people driving means not only are they not paying taxes, but the government has to pay for them to live.

THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LIKE THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND ME?????????????????

Answer 3

Actually, in the pre-Eisenhower days there was an elaborate network of electric rail transportation - streetcars and interurbans.  Streetcars operated within a city, and some of those systems still exist to this day - San Francisco, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia.

Interurbans operated between towns and cities, cruising 70 to 100 miles per hour on tracks that looked a lot like streetcar tracks. America was covered thick with a network of interurban railways. While they were intended for trips of less than 100 miles, you could ride from St. Louis to Boston all on interurbans, or from Chico to San Jose (including a ride over the San Francisco Bay Bridge!)  They were more efficient than steam railroads because they were simple and electric like streetcars. They faded away in the 1930s.  The only one that still exists is the Chicago South Shore Line.

However, new systems are being installed in dozens of American cities that look a lot like the old streetcars and interurbans of yesteryear.

Answer 4

More people were able to afford to buy cars.

Answer 5

In California, it is because the tax system encourages housing in one place and jobs in another - Cities want retail for the sales tax revenue.  They don't want housing because the portion of the property tax revenue that the city is allowed to keep doesn't cover the cost of services, including schools for the children of the people would live there. Plus, only the people who already live in a city can vote on housing issues -  And more housing in the city, would mean less pent up demand for housing and lower housing prices in the city.

Answer 6

Because there are more roads. Back in the pre-Eisenhower days many people still got around via horse or carriages. But since his approval of the interstate system (which oddly enough, had nothing to do with civilian transportation; Eisenhower created the interstates so that planes could have emergency landing strips if the US mainland were even to be attacked during wars btw) people found it more convenient to purchase an automobile to get from one place to another. Improvements to he Highway and Roads system only created more demand for cars... so, now there's even more. THAT, and we are in a time in society where we are much more spread out and growing that the tiny towns of back then. So, it may be a necessity for some people (like getting to work/school/doctor/etc. without having to wait hours in advance for a bus or hail a taxi, etc.