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The death

of cars

was greatly

exaggerated

[Aarian Marshall | Wired.com]

The founders of Uber and Lyft, among others,
declared that people would no longer need to own
cars. Instead, car ownership is rising.

Throw your driver’s licence out the window. Better
yet, don’t get one at all.

For nearly a decade, that’s been the message from
buzzy transportation companies.
In 2011, car-sharing company Zipcar touted a
PHOTO: Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, Seattle BY Art Wager/Getty Images is difficult. The same year, Zimride, founded by the
study claiming millennials believe car ownership

guys who would later cofound Lyft, was touted as
a startup challenging the “old model of individual
ownership.” Former Uber head Travis Kalanick
boasted that his driver’s licence had expired and that
his 1999 BMW M3 convertible—his only car—had a
broken alternator.