I admire you for doing that.

That's great Lucille!

A smaller carbon footprint...good for you!

Good for you! I bet the excercise and fresh air makes you feel great.

I won't be giving up my vehicle any time soon, but I am looking forward to the new road and sidewalk projects that should eventually allow me to ride my bike to the grocery store. I physically live less than two miles from a new grocery store, but there is not a safe way to bike or walk there.

That's wonderful. I still have a little over a year before I retire. We're starting to downsize now in preparation. I'm hoping my DH and I can find a nice small apartment along a bus line and within walking distance to shops so we can give up the car.

I'm so glad to hear how independent you are, your marvelous positive attitude, and the beneficial secondary effects. :-) I can read those same tea leaves for the future myself, and you are a wonderful example for all of us.

Lucille, remind me.....did you give up your car out of necessity or choice?

Regardless.....good for you! You are an inspiration.

Sounds good! I couldn't do it here, as there is no transportation. I'm grateful that I love to drive. But I wish I'd kept bicycling, something I really enjoyed when I was young. I stopped because our dirt road made it so difficult. (This was in the days before mountain bikes.) My daughter and son-in-law are avid cyclists, and I envy them. At this point, my knees couldn't take it. So now I'll envy you too, Lucille. :-)

That's great that it's working so well for you. It's quite a savings. I've thought about trying it but I enjoy driving so much. I hope I don't have to quit driving but if I need to I hope I realize it and deal with it properly. I've seen too many times where people should not be driving (including relatives) and it's sometimes kind of scary. When you start using Uber, share your experiences. I'm interested.

"Sounds good! I couldn't do it here, as there is no transportation."

That is sort of scary. I'm not getting on you, not at all, but it's just the thought that there are a ton of drivers out there that for one reason or another should not be driving whether it is poor vision, poor hearing (mine is very poor), reaction times, etc. and they may continue to drive because there is no reasonable alternative.

I applaud your increased physical activity, Lucille.

I'm physically active too but I couldn't live in my present house (in a hilly suburban neighborhood) without driving because public transportation is too far away. And not very good anyway. If I haven't moved when the time comes for me to stop driving (which I hope is at least a few decades away), I'll have to move at that time.

I've used Uber, not Lyft but I think it's similar. We've used it on vacation trips when we're in a city, including a number of times on one trip abroad to two different cities in one country. It's easy, convenient and reasonably priced. It's faster than a taxi to get out of and walk away from since there's no need to count out cash or run a credit card.

It's too early to tell how they will work out, but there are self-driving cars. Maybe those will help in areas where there is little in the way of public transportation.

I'm really impressed Lucille, that is quite a change. I've never used Uber either and to be honest, I don't think I'd ever be comfortable enough to try it. Maybe the driverless car with be an every day thing by the time I'm in need of an alternative.

That was my plan, if/when my car gives out. But now, living with Dale, and 4 vehicles, and 5 bicycles between us, I am working on getting rid of two cars for now.

way to go, Lucille!

I am hoping that I will give up driving as a choice, not because I have to.

You really need to be living in a city, with good public transportation, to not have to drive.

There is no public transportation here. But there are several grocery stores within a couple miles, I can bicycle most places in town. I am more physically fit now than I was when I had my car.

There are times I almost feel like an ambassador for the no-car life. People stop and talk to me all the time when I ride my tricycle, the Schwinn Meridian. I get a lot of conversations at Walmart when I'm out in the parking lot loading groceries from my shopping buggy into the Meridian's basket (I have attached a pair of bicycle panniers to the back of the basket so I have a lot of carrying capacity).

Wherever they might be, Boomers like me are aging, and at some point may have to give up driving. On the plus side, there are self driving cars in the horizon, and Uber, and in some places online grocery ordering and even (not in my town) delivery. On the minus side, towns and cities are experiencing budget shortfalls and initiating new public transportation may not be in the budget for some of them. Moving into a large city already equipped with public transportation is an option, but there are tradeoffs, sometimes a big city may have significantly higher crime rates.

My current choice is not for everyone, but it is working out well for me for now. Life is all about making choices, and all about change.

we're down to one car, but we need one as dh still is working and while at home he dos have appts...and there no way we'd reach shopping, dr's, ect...