text: With the amount of car usage going down other things are taking place and helping shape our future, as Mimi Sheller says, "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift. As said in The End of Car Culture, Instead of driving to meet and talk to people, we have the internet that makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected, unlike the tense, stressed feelings cars give you as shown with Heidrun Walters response to having gotten rid of his car, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."