Why Do Cars Be Banned
Date: Feb 2nd 2013
Term Paper:
America Banned from Cars
Intro to Sociology 1301
April Harding
The invention of motor vehicles and the development of the automotive industry in the 20th century has led to the development of the concept of auto mobility. Cars have become a part of our life and has become difficult to live without them. For most Americans it has changed their life immensely and most wouldn't know what to do if tomorrow all cars were banned. However even with all the advances and pro's that the car has given to us it has been noted that they have been the main cause of air pollution from the emission of green house gases …show more content…
after the burning of fossil fuels. In a sense the development of cars has now threatened the climate change of the world. The use of electric cars can help our climate greatly while still providing us with what we need, but there is always a con to something that has so many pro's. Even if we all transitioned to electric there is still the issue of more partnerships between car makers, battery manufacturers, utilities, banks, and governments at all scales. It has been said that the world's auto makers introduced at least 120 hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electronic models into the market in 2012.
Banning cars may be a simple idea but it may end up being so difficult for Americans to adopt.
Being born into the mobile culture, Americans have become so attached to their cars that it would take them a lot of efforts to adapt to living without cars. The adjustments that we would be forced to make in order to function is huge. Before the 1920's, there were not cars and people still moved about their daily lives just fine. If I have to live in an “automobile-free” society, I would start adapting to the change by learning to take a bicycle to where I need to go if it was short distances other wise I would use the train or airplane. In reality if everyone was forced of this it would mean giving up our luxuries for a better …show more content…
tomorrow.
The elimination of the automobile would affect the social, cultural, and economic issues in American society. From the Bureau of transportation Statistics, 2008, the American road transportation has about 3 million miles of roads which are used to transport people and goods on a daily basis.
Until recently the U.S auto industry has been the leading in the world. Even with how much Americans love their cars it turns out that according to a new paper from the Carneigie Endowment, that America per capita car ownership rates are among the lowest in the developed world. This chart from August 2012 shows that the U.S. Is ranked 25th in the world.
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So with that stated America I believe wouldn't be the hardest hit economy out there if this ban was real and started tomorrow. The United States is considered to be a super power of it's economic strength. Road transport is more than three quarters of the transport system in the country, so if all cars were banned today there would be a large hole in the economy due to it becoming hard to transport the people and goods it needs to.
Banning all cars would also have a great social and cultural impact on our American society. As most the world knows American society is very social and people are always on the go so as we have become so accustomed to our main mode of transportation it will be difficult for most to continue with their social gatherings/meetings with friends and family. In some cases it could cause long distance family and friendships to get strained and eventually contact is lost between the two. The banning would also take away part of the American culture and it shows in most places the social status that you fall into.
Considering the way Americans have become used to cars, it would require the individual efforts to adapt to life without cars. People will have to get used to getting to social gatherings on bicycles or on foot and for the ones who have a fear of flying will either have to get used to it or the ticket prices for trains and planes will go higher and people will be hurt financially if they still want to travel longer distances.
If it came to me I do believe I could get through the challenge of not having the car as transportation. I am not saying it would be easy by any means but it is something we are all capable of. The biggest adjustment I can see coming along is getting around with kids. Now a days there is so much you take kids to and need to get done by certain times that we rely on cars mostly to get it all done. Ground public transportations such as trains would increase in use and probably increase in prices too.
Cars have come a long way from about 100 years ago. There were so many advancements that were thought as great things that others see now as an inconvenience such as commuting to work. This invention started suburbanization and by the 1920's American's began to leave the city since they just figured they will commute to the city from further out areas. Eventually this produced urban sprawl and reduced the cities' taxes and lead to a lot of the problems the U.S. Cities have today. I think that the world would do better without the automobile but when it comes to the people of the U.S. It would be a challenge that would give struggles to many. The environment would do better in so many ways as not as many paved roads would need to be made, not as much air pollution, could make for better quality of life due to more exercise. The ways that it would be for the worst of our country is prices of tickets for planes and trains to travel would go up, families would separate for long periods at a time or forever, the cities would maybe get smaller and more cramped due to no one wanting to commute now. A lot of things would be different if this ban really did happen, you don't notice how much we depend on cars until they are gone. People may not realize but the automobile also affected how the woman's roles in society have changed. In the upper-middle-class homes the roles of women were simple but very detailed to what she did. With the husband being the one at work the wife would be home doing small walking distance grocery trips, mended to her garden for her fruits and vegetables, baked all the cakes, pies, and cookies from scratch, did laundry work, and worked along side some of the hired help of the house when it came to meals or children. Once the car came along it didn't require strength to use it but skill too so women were able to drive as well. It gave them a better knowledge on the house finances because they started doing bigger grocery trips and made budgets with the money.
I believe the automobile had the biggest affect on the women of the time it came out. It really did transform society greatly. Women started to think more about their relationships with their husbands and gave them a different attitude and changed their opportunities outside of the home. Instead of having to deal with everyday household things women and really any one with a car had the freedom to go as they please and maybe go venture into the city and have stress re-leavers. Kids also had more things to do and go see, they weren't just confined to their neighborhood and schools.
Our society now has a big problem facing the health of American's.
More and more are overweight or obese. A lot of that has been an effect of the car and how lazy it has made people. You find more people now who don't want to just walk across the street and they drive. You drive and get fast food, medicine, groceries in some area's, it has become a big problem that ends up with us not being able to handle a challenge of this magnitude. I do think that this sort of ban would be a better for our country but when it comes down to it I don't think it would be better for the actual people of the country, I do not see more good than bad coming from
it.
America is suffering from Automobile Dependency. During the last century it is said there has been a self-reinforcing cycle of increased car travel and reduced travel options. Dependency usually doubles car ownership, and associated costs including operating costs, road and parking, tolls, pollution emissions and land use consumption. US residents devote about 20% of household incomes to their transportation. Here is a look at how the dependency occurs..
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In Automobile dependent communities households use cars for most trips. It usually tends to minimize vehicle costs per mile, although increases the total vehicle cost by increasing per capita vehicle ownership and use. American's like moving and to keep moving they must have their cars. The world as we know it is at a cross roads where we have to live with the negative impacts of cars and the same time being forced to keep using cars since they support the economy.
Term Paper:
America Banned from Cars
Intro to Sociology 1301
April Harding
The invention of motor vehicles and the development of the automotive industry in the 20th century has led to the development of the concept of auto mobility. Cars have become a part of our life and has become difficult to live without them. For most Americans it has changed their life immensely and most wouldn't know what to do if tomorrow all cars were banned. However even with all the advances and pro's that the car has given to us it has been noted that they have been the main cause of air pollution from the emission of green house gases …show more content…
after the burning of fossil fuels. In a sense the development of cars has now threatened the climate change of the world. The use of electric cars can help our climate greatly while still providing us with what we need, but there is always a con to something that has so many pro's. Even if we all transitioned to electric there is still the issue of more partnerships between car makers, battery manufacturers, utilities, banks, and governments at all scales. It has been said that the world's auto makers introduced at least 120 hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electronic models into the market in 2012.
Banning cars may be a simple idea but it may end up being so difficult for Americans to adopt.
Being born into the mobile culture, Americans have become so attached to their cars that it would take them a lot of efforts to adapt to living without cars. The adjustments that we would be forced to make in order to function is huge. Before the 1920's, there were not cars and people still moved about their daily lives just fine. If I have to live in an “automobile-free” society, I would start adapting to the change by learning to take a bicycle to where I need to go if it was short distances other wise I would use the train or airplane. In reality if everyone was forced of this it would mean giving up our luxuries for a better …show more content…
tomorrow.
The elimination of the automobile would affect the social, cultural, and economic issues in American society. From the Bureau of transportation Statistics, 2008, the American road transportation has about 3 million miles of roads which are used to transport people and goods on a daily basis.
Until recently the U.S auto industry has been the leading in the world. Even with how much Americans love their cars it turns out that according to a new paper from the Carneigie Endowment, that America per capita car ownership rates are among the lowest in the developed world. This chart from August 2012 shows that the U.S. Is ranked 25th in the world.
[pic]
So with that stated America I believe wouldn't be the hardest hit economy out there if this ban was real and started tomorrow. The United States is considered to be a super power of it's economic strength. Road transport is more than three quarters of the transport system in the country, so if all cars were banned today there would be a large hole in the economy due to it becoming hard to transport the people and goods it needs to.
Banning all cars would also have a great social and cultural impact on our American society. As most the world knows American society is very social and people are always on the go so as we have become so accustomed to our main mode of transportation it will be difficult for most to continue with their social gatherings/meetings with friends and family. In some cases it could cause long distance family and friendships to get strained and eventually contact is lost between the two. The banning would also take away part of the American culture and it shows in most places the social status that you fall into.
Considering the way Americans have become used to cars, it would require the individual efforts to adapt to life without cars. People will have to get used to getting to social gatherings on bicycles or on foot and for the ones who have a fear of flying will either have to get used to it or the ticket prices for trains and planes will go higher and people will be hurt financially if they still want to travel longer distances.
If it came to me I do believe I could get through the challenge of not having the car as transportation. I am not saying it would be easy by any means but it is something we are all capable of. The biggest adjustment I can see coming along is getting around with kids. Now a days there is so much you take kids to and need to get done by certain times that we rely on cars mostly to get it all done. Ground public transportations such as trains would increase in use and probably increase in prices too.
Cars have come a long way from about 100 years ago. There were so many advancements that were thought as great things that others see now as an inconvenience such as commuting to work. This invention started suburbanization and by the 1920's American's began to leave the city since they just figured they will commute to the city from further out areas. Eventually this produced urban sprawl and reduced the cities' taxes and lead to a lot of the problems the U.S. Cities have today. I think that the world would do better without the automobile but when it comes to the people of the U.S. It would be a challenge that would give struggles to many. The environment would do better in so many ways as not as many paved roads would need to be made, not as much air pollution, could make for better quality of life due to more exercise. The ways that it would be for the worst of our country is prices of tickets for planes and trains to travel would go up, families would separate for long periods at a time or forever, the cities would maybe get smaller and more cramped due to no one wanting to commute now. A lot of things would be different if this ban really did happen, you don't notice how much we depend on cars until they are gone. People may not realize but the automobile also affected how the woman's roles in society have changed. In the upper-middle-class homes the roles of women were simple but very detailed to what she did. With the husband being the one at work the wife would be home doing small walking distance grocery trips, mended to her garden for her fruits and vegetables, baked all the cakes, pies, and cookies from scratch, did laundry work, and worked along side some of the hired help of the house when it came to meals or children. Once the car came along it didn't require strength to use it but skill too so women were able to drive as well. It gave them a better knowledge on the house finances because they started doing bigger grocery trips and made budgets with the money.
I believe the automobile had the biggest affect on the women of the time it came out. It really did transform society greatly. Women started to think more about their relationships with their husbands and gave them a different attitude and changed their opportunities outside of the home. Instead of having to deal with everyday household things women and really any one with a car had the freedom to go as they please and maybe go venture into the city and have stress re-leavers. Kids also had more things to do and go see, they weren't just confined to their neighborhood and schools.
Our society now has a big problem facing the health of American's.
More and more are overweight or obese. A lot of that has been an effect of the car and how lazy it has made people. You find more people now who don't want to just walk across the street and they drive. You drive and get fast food, medicine, groceries in some area's, it has become a big problem that ends up with us not being able to handle a challenge of this magnitude. I do think that this sort of ban would be a better for our country but when it comes down to it I don't think it would be better for the actual people of the country, I do not see more good than bad coming from
it.
America is suffering from Automobile Dependency. During the last century it is said there has been a self-reinforcing cycle of increased car travel and reduced travel options. Dependency usually doubles car ownership, and associated costs including operating costs, road and parking, tolls, pollution emissions and land use consumption. US residents devote about 20% of household incomes to their transportation. Here is a look at how the dependency occurs..
[pic]
In Automobile dependent communities households use cars for most trips. It usually tends to minimize vehicle costs per mile, although increases the total vehicle cost by increasing per capita vehicle ownership and use. American's like moving and to keep moving they must have their cars. The world as we know it is at a cross roads where we have to live with the negative impacts of cars and the same time being forced to keep using cars since they support the economy.