Suburban Dwellers Demand Alternate Transportation
A recent article from the Pioneer Press addresses not only alternate transportation options for those in the city – often that’s the easy issue – but takes on the seeming lack of choices those living in the suburbs often grapple with.
For residents who live in the city or the inner-ring suburbs like Oak Park, Forest Park and Evanston, the idea of getting rid of cars and using I-GO, Metra, the El, or simply just biking or walking, seems far more feasible than if you live in Barrington, for example.
The decision to not own a car, or reduce the amount per household, is one that more are choosing everyday, for a whole bundle of reasons like gas prices, environmental and health concerns, lack of parking, and economic constraints. And these are universal no matter where we live.
As a nation, we all feel the constraints of owning, operating, and maintaining a car. For our friends in the suburbs, more and better options for commute and daily travel are turning up as a result of demand. City and suburban dwellers alike are turning to alternative choices.
To read more about this, check out the Pioneer Press article here.
(photo courtesy of Joel Lerner/Staff Photographer/Pioneer Press)
