http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1307/S00056.htm The Decline of Car Culture in the West Friday, 5 July 2013, 10:57 am Column: Auckland Transport Blog The Decline of Car Culture in the West by Patrick Reynolds July 4th, 2013 http://transportblog.co.nz/2013/07/04/the-decline-of-car-culture-in-the-west/ We’ve covered this before, but it’s worth repeating. The OECD nations are all driving less, while developing nations are all driving more. Basically, and I bet almost 99% of westerners will be shocked at this thought, but people in China, India, and, yes, Iran, are increasingly more able to do what we used to do without thinking about it: They are outbidding us for oil. More on that later, but first here is a nice summary of the US situation from the New York Times: [....]