we are now a one car family. of course, there are only two of us, but we've had two cars (or more, depending on the ages/driving stages of our 3 kids) for more than 20 years.
I've dreamed of this for many years. It's so difficult in America to make this work. We are now living in downtown Phoenix, 2 blocks from my husbands work and 15 blocks from mine. We sold our second car one week ago, and we each have a bicycle.
Found out yesterday that there is a zip car place nearby. We also have bus and light rail.
if things go really well, we might be ready to take the no-car plunge in a year or so. one step at a time ...
we already are saving 800 a year in insurance, and our gas budget is probably going to be about 10% of what it had been. we were both commuting 30 min each way to work, and not able to car pool very often because of quite different working hours.
I'm excited for this change - just wanted to share it with people who would understand and support us, as some people think we are a little crazy ... as if it's a sign of being downwardly mobile as opposed to how we feel about it ... a sign of being upwardly happy and sustainable!