A researcher asked 10 people to go car-free for 20 days. None wanted to continue
https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/a-researcher-asked-10-people-to-go-car-free-for-20-days-none-wanted-to-continue-20260318-p5oo1d.html
> Despite saving hundreds of dollars and even making new friends, none of the people who agreed to ditch their car for this Brisbane experiment wanted to go car-free permanently. This is why.
Yuchen Pei
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