&quot;The absurdity of our century-old, ad hoc approach to mobility is captured in one statistic: The utilization rate of automobiles in the U.S. is about 5%. &quot;<p>Except it&#x27;s not all about mobility. People like cars for all sorts of reasons and mobility is only one reason. [1] Just like watching a football game doesn&#x27;t serve much social purpose other than entertainment (and socialization...and that&#x27;s ok) owning a car is a valid way for some people and infact many people to gain enjoyment. Those that don&#x27;t want to own don&#x27;t have to own but please don&#x27;t assume that just because you might enjoy sharing a car or a ride that everybody should desire and do the same thing.<p>And for anyone that says &quot;yeah but there is an environmental impact to having cars&quot; there is an environmental and healthcare impact to hosting a sporting event or a rock concert or even kids playing soccer or football (healthcare, injuries, car pooling kids) and so on.<p>[1] If it were only about getting from point a to b they wouldn&#x27;t care about the color, the features or the brand.