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Taking the plunge

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by Angela 11.11.2009

Today, we have an article featured on Shareable.net, “How to be a carfree family.” Those of you who are carfree, car-light, or just interested in the lifestyle should check it out and leave a comment. Jeremy Adam Smith also has a great post up, “5 Ways My Son Benefits from a Carfree Life“. In fact, [...]

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Advice for taking the car free plunge — Part II: Back-up Plans

by Dorea 10.04.2009

This is part of a series in response to a question we got way back when from a family considering remaining car free in our neighborhood after their car met an untimely (or timely?) demise. In Part I we addressed some questions regarding gear. Here we bite off something perhaps even more important: The Back-Up [...]

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Advice for the carfree plunge, Part 1: Gear

by Dorea 08.31.2009

We got a comment last week from Lauren asking for advice in taking the step from car-light family to car-free family. She writes: “My family (two grown-ups one 3.5 year old) have been day dreaming about being car free for a while- since we already owned a car, it was easy to just do our [...]

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How we gave up our car

by Dorea 07.18.2008

When Angela and I were first married, we had a car. It was an adorable little 1987 Mazda pickup truck, at the time about 15 years old. It had been my father’s truck, and then my sister’s, and then mine. My little Mazda had moved me and all my belongings to my new life in [...]

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