Where to live without a car: A study using United State census data to find places to live without a car

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-102)In the future consumers will seek out places where daily travel can be managed with less daily use of a personal private car. These places will be more compact and more oriented to accommodate human powered transportation and to make use of public transportation networks. Some places will be built from scratch to accommodate this postulated market demand. Some places will be modified to accommodate the lifestyle that relies less on an automobile. Advances in technology will create opportunities to use less of the petroleum distillates that fuel the transportation fleet. These are expensive options; however, and it is the consumer who will pay for new developments and new technological solutions. To the extent that a place can be identified where lifestyle is already possible where one can negotiate quotidian affairs with less use of a personal private automobile, consumers may realize present and future savings by relocating to, and living in these places. United States Census 2000 data will be queried and calculations will be performed to evaluate characteristics of places where one can live without a car to use in one's daily affairs. Key words: automobile, census, density, transit, commut