Home zones are a physical manifestation of an egalitarian culture which accepts that everyone has a right to use street space — children in go-carts,
old people walking slowly with sticks and
middle-aged ladies on sit-up-and-beg bikes,
as well as people in cars.
It is a culture that accepts that street space, like any other limited resource, has to be
shared.

Lynn Sloman

Cars promise mobility, and they provide it in a largely rural setting. But in an urbanising world there is an inherent conflict between the automobile and the city. After a point, as their numbers multiply, automobiles provide not mobility but immobility.

Designing Cities for People

Mum and dad's taxi is still very much in operation as parents spend large chunks of their time getting their children to various activities.
Besides taking up a lot of time, parents' driving habits can influence the drivers their children will become later in life, so it's important they set a good example on these journeys.

Mark Peacock, head of AA Driving School

In a car you are isolated from the streets [...]. On a cycle I wave to people I know, I stop to have a chat, I smell the bakery and hear the market. In a car you fight through the local area, on a cycle you are part of the local area.

The Grumpy Cyclist