Has California Become Increasingly Un-Walkable?

Are we too reliant on car transportation?

Long road trips through the rural agricultural areas of California lined with miles of orchards and farms.

Strip malls with massive parking lots are extremely common. In the day time, they are often filled to the brim with costumer’s cars.

In cities like San Jose, there are a multitude of parking lots and car lined streets all around the area. Though public transport is used more frequently in these urban areas, the most common use of passage is by privately owned vehicles. Most employees or students arrive to their places of work from car.

Driving to places like Lake Tahoe in cars because there is no other convenient transportation methods.

Countless streets are lined with gas stations in suburban areas.

Around suburban areas, there are wide streets to accommodate massive influxes of cars day and night. Crosswalks in these places are less commonly used by the public.

To get to places across the Bay Area nearly all residents own and use a car since buildings are spaced out and normally not located near someone’s local neighborhood.