Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward: Reinventing Mobility: It's Not Just the Cars, Stupid

Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward: Reinventing Mobility: It's Not Just the Cars, Stupid: "According to AAA (Download - PDF), the typical midsized car costs about $23 a day — every day, 365 days a year — when you factor in a gas, maintenance, tires, insurance, license, registration, depreciation, taxes, and finance charges (assuming driving 15,000 a year). At that rate, your basic two-car garage runs a cool $16,500 a year. Cutting that in half to own just one vehicle can still leave more than enough to afford all the vehicle sharing and mobility services — even taxi rides — that you need."