Comments on: Non-Driving, Defensively http://blogs.kqed.org/joshkornbluth/2007/07/09/non-driving-defensively/ Josh\'s blog on life, his TV series and everything in between Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Josh Kornbluth http://blogs.kqed.org/joshkornbluth/2007/07/09/non-driving-defensively/#comment-17565 Josh Kornbluth Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:47:33 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/joshkornbluth/2007/07/09/non-driving-defensively/#comment-17565 Hey, Amy -- great post! You've actually got me thinking a lot about this whole I-must-learn-to-drive thing. For years I've associated learning to drive -- or at least getting a license -- with other coming-of-age rituals (such as getting my undergraduate degree, which I'm also working on). But your comments jibe with my recent focus on the art, and craft, and politics, of living locally, as it were -- more in tune with my neighbors, and with my environment. Right now I seem to be in little danger of actually getting a license. But, more than that, I've really been enjoying biking around Berkeley with my wife and son. (A few days ago my son and I -- miraculously, to us -- made it up a gi-normous hill on our first attempt.) In the past I've taken my non-driver-ness as a personal flaw. I'll check out one or both of the books you suggest; maybe I don't need to think that way anymore. Hey, Amy — great post! You’ve actually got me thinking a lot about this whole I-must-learn-to-drive thing. For years I’ve associated learning to drive — or at least getting a license — with other coming-of-age rituals (such as getting my undergraduate degree, which I’m also working on). But your comments jibe with my recent focus on the art, and craft, and politics, of living locally, as it were — more in tune with my neighbors, and with my environment.

Right now I seem to be in little danger of actually getting a license. But, more than that, I’ve really been enjoying biking around Berkeley with my wife and son. (A few days ago my son and I — miraculously, to us — made it up a gi-normous hill on our first attempt.) In the past I’ve taken my non-driver-ness as a personal flaw. I’ll check out one or both of the books you suggest; maybe I don’t need to think that way anymore.

]]> By: Amy http://blogs.kqed.org/joshkornbluth/2007/07/09/non-driving-defensively/#comment-17558 Amy Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:48:14 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/joshkornbluth/2007/07/09/non-driving-defensively/#comment-17558 Your car episode needs a sequel, a car free sequel. There are two fantastic books about going car-light or car-free (or in your case staying car-free) Divorce Your Car: Ending the love affair with the automobile by Katie Alvord and How to Live Well Without Owning a Car by Chris Balish. Every car on the road, whether it is powered by gasoline or hydrogen, contributes to congestion and sprawl. The list of environmental and societal costs associated with a car centric culture is long and it goes far beyond tailpipe emissions. Having a driver's license is useful, but I hope you keep your bike as your primary form of transportation. Your car episode needs a sequel, a car free sequel. There are two fantastic books about going car-light or car-free (or in your case staying car-free) Divorce Your Car: Ending the love affair with the automobile by Katie Alvord and How to Live Well Without Owning a Car by Chris Balish. Every car on the road, whether it is powered by gasoline or hydrogen, contributes to congestion and sprawl. The list of environmental and societal costs associated with a car centric culture is long and it goes far beyond tailpipe emissions.

Having a driver’s license is useful, but I hope you keep your bike as your primary form of transportation.

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