what are the best cities to live in without a car?

Question

i want to live in a place where i don't have to drive and can still get to the places i need to comfortably.

Answer 1

The Best Walking Cities of 2007
http://www.prevention.com/cda/article/the-best-walking-cities-of-2007/6cd08169c1903110VgnVCM20000012281eac____/fitness/walking/walking.goals/walking.and.your.health/

Cities with Best Public Transportation
http://www.city-data.com/forum/general-u-s/106185-city-has-best-public-transportation.html
http://www.apta.com/media/releases/061011_apta_honors.cfm

Answer 2

NEW YORK. Hands-down. It can be any of the five boroughs, except maybe Staten Island. And even they have some decent mass transit options.

New York has one of the most efficient public transportation systems on the planet, and it's also among those with the best city coverage. It seems that no matter where you go, even in the far reaches of Queens, you're within walking distance of a bus or a subway. Even the taxi is not on the radar screen of most natives; other mass transit does the job, and it's a whole lot less expensive.

Within Manhattan, a car is an afterthought. You might be better off without one, actually. Public transportation is cheap, it's clean, and it's fast. It also runs 24 hours a day, unlike some cities. Having a mass transit system that shuts down at, say, 2 AM is a foreign concept to me.

I'll also give nods to San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago as far as having good alternative ways to get around. Haven't explored BOS or CHI in a while, but I know SF is a great walking town. I remember Boston as being one as well. Chicago also looks promising, but every time we go through there, we're always on the way to somewhere else. I'd love to explore that town, though.

I might be biased because I live here, but I honestly think New York can't be beaten in this category. You just don't have to drive. Anywhere. Even if you're going out on Long Island, some northern suburbs, or parts of New Jersey, there are still great mass transit options. It's a very comprehensive system.

Of course, there's always walking. That's easy here, too.

Answer 3

if you are going to rule out a million/2 the continental US, you're additionally ruling out the older cities that have been designed for pedestrian residing. the suitable cities to stay in with out vehicle are in all probability Chicago, Boston, and ny, and in all probability San Francisco. All have marvelous public transportation. All are very high priced. Your climate standards ruled out 3 of the 4. perhaps a sufficiently small city which you will stroll or motorbike everywhere might healthy you. A family participants member did that for 4 years and controlled purely high-quality.

Answer 4

There's a lot of different places...

Seattle is number one and Las Vegas is number two in transit quality when combining biking and public transit (there's a better name for it that eludes me, but transit that involves biking and public transit).

San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles all have great public mass transit systems in place, in my opinion, and work well for those without cars. Most major cities do have at least a decent public transit system, and with rising gas costs and thoughts turning to global warming and reducing pollution, many more cities are working to improve their public transit.

Answer 5

New york, Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco

Answer 6

New York, Boston, Philly, Washington, and Chicago.

Answer 7

Boston
New York City
Chicago(visited)
Miami
all these cities have muliple forms of public transportation that run 24 hours a day.
transportation listed as-Cabs, subway or rails, buses, shuttles, and pedestrian friendly city streets(for the most part)

Answer 8

Washington DC

Answer 9

New York, Boston, and Chicago are all quite manageable without a car.

Answer 10

Pretty much ANY city that has any form of bus, metro, or ANY type of PULIC Transportation!
Choose from: Philadelphia, NYCity, Washington DC, San Diego, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Dallas....Seattle, Atlanta..... pretty much ANY BIG city! : )
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport