In an age where convenience is king and technology reigns, Americans are driving more than ever before, a shift that is aggressively destroying the nation’s health. The Department of Transportation has unveiled that despite a global pandemic gifting us the perfect excuse to ditch our cars and embrace the joys of home offices, Americans are somehow managing to drive more than ever before in 2023. Yes, you read that right. Even with the world's workforce migrating to Zoom, our collective disdain for walking has hit such historic lows that we're projected to catapult back to pre-COVID driving levels.
Straphanger is a good book and good Substack (though he moved to Ghost) if you want to dig deeper into local case studies.