Reply #21: Thanks.

[Gullvann]

I am in Norway and rely 100 percent on collective transportation. Oh, and my legs :-)

However, I think it requires a large cultural change in America to make it viable.

Then, you have the great distances to contend with, particularly outside of the urban centers.

Heavy gasoline taxation could help, but I guess such a move would be political suicide, as well as unfair on those who have no choice, but to use private cars for their transportation.