{"id":544,"date":"2018-07-02T18:38:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?p=544"},"modified":"2018-07-02T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:39:14","slug":"ep-41-how-to-be-a-one-car-family-in-raleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/2018\/07\/02\/ep-41-how-to-be-a-one-car-family-in-raleigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 41 &#8211; How to Be a One-Car Family in Raleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5845\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-544-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep41_OneCarFamily.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep41_OneCarFamily.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep41_OneCarFamily.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep41_OneCarFamily.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?powerpress_pinw=544-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/s\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep41_OneCarFamily.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep41_OneCarFamily.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could your household live in Raleigh with just one car? Believe it or not, plenty of people do, including me! Today we discuss the challenges and benefits of living with just one car. We also hear from two other one-car families in the Triangle. Thank you to Owen and Greg for sharing their experiences with us. We&#8217;d love to hear yours, so email us or post on social to share.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.governing.com\/gov-data\/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html\">Car Ownership in U.S. Cities<\/a>, Data and Map &#8211; Governing Magazine 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.state.gov\/libraries\/cambodia\/30486\/Publications\/everyone_in_america_own_a_car.pdf\">Does Everyone in America Own a Car?<\/a> &#8211; U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/americans-are-driving-more-than-ever1\/\">Americans are Driving More than Ever<\/a> &#8211; Scientific American, February 22, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/19\/news\/economy\/us-auto-loans-soaring\/index.html\">A Record 107 Million Americans Have Car Loans<\/a> &#8211; CNN Money, May 19, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cars.com\/articles\/how-many-cars-does-the-average-american-own-1420694459157\/\">How Many Cars Does the Average American Own?<\/a> &#8211; Cars.com, March 15, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurengensler\/2017\/01\/04\/us-auto-sales-2016\/#262213c97bb2\">Car Sales Squeak Out Another Record in 2016<\/a> &#8211; Forbes, Jan. 4, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2013\/dec\/04\/one-car-families-going-out-of-fashion\">One-Car Families Going Out of Fashion<\/a> &#8211; The Guardian, Dec. 3, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/02\/21\/516512439\/record-number-of-miles-driven-in-u-s-last-year\">Record Number of Miles Driven in <\/a>U.S. Last Year &#8211; Feb. 21, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/191653\/number-of-licensed-drivers-in-the-us-since-1988\/\"><span class=\"s2\">number of people with a driver\u2019s license in the United States<\/span><\/a> grew from around 167 million in 1990 to approximately 222 million in 2016. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are more than 7 million licensed drivers in North Carolina.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests Americans <span class=\"s1\">Survey suggests that households continued to own the same number of vehicles over the last 10 years, but are owning their vehicles longer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Americans drove more miles than ever before in 2015, a departure from totals that have stayed mostly flat since 2004.<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Driving jumped 3.5 percent over 2014, the largest uptick in more than a decade, according to new data released by the Department of Transportation&#8217;s Federal Highway Administration.<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s6\">Car ownership <\/span><span class=\"s2\">peaked in 2006 with 2.05 vehicles per household and is down to 1.927 cars. <\/span><span class=\"s7\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s2\">In 2017, a record 107 million Americans had a car loan, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Car Savings Budget<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is one person&#8217;s estimates on what he saves per year not owning a car.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Car insurance was $1,080\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration &amp; Tax = $200\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wear and Tear Maintenance (including tires) &#8211; $750 a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gas? &#8211; $840\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add back $600 per year for Lyft\/ridehailing<\/span><\/li>\n<li>=$4,270<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could your household live in Raleigh with just one car? 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