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Living without a private vehicle in Brisbane is impossible for residents due to the city’s sprawling layout and limited public transport options (news.uq.edu.au)

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UQ researchers recruited 10 car-owning Brisbane residents to go without their vehicles for 20 days;
Participants were asked follow their regular schedules using only public transport, cycling, walking, micro-mobility devices such as scooters, and taxis and ride-share services in an emergency;
Brisbane's sprawling urban layout and public transport limitations were identified as the main barriers to permanent car-free life in the city.

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago

It probably depends on how you structure your life in the city. If you start without a car then you build your life and contacts more locally. That’s how people did it in the past before cars. Admittedly there were a lot more local shops and employment opportunities. This is where walkable cities comes in.

It would be difficult to just give up the car as a lot of people have too much distance in their lives and public transport doesn’t go where they need to be in a timely fashion.