{"id":4365,"date":"2022-01-14T19:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/do-you-really-need-your-own-private-vehicle-five-lessons-from-a-year-using-a-car-sharing-app\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:36:10","slug":"do-you-really-need-your-own-private-vehicle-five-lessons-from-a-year-using-a-car-sharing-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/do-you-really-need-your-own-private-vehicle-five-lessons-from-a-year-using-a-car-sharing-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you really need your own private vehicle? Five lessons from a year using a car-sharing app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Car-sharing is both liberating and a big hassle if you want to avoid the cost and carbon emissions of a personal vehicle<\/p>\n<p>Before moving overseas six years ago, I sold my car and have been living without one ever since. Life in New York for the first two years was a breeze, but being car-free in Sydney? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>Private cars have always been integral to getting from A to B in Australia. While I caught the bus to school, afternoon and weekend activities usually required a lift from my parents or those of a friend. I got my own licence as soon as I was eligible and a few years later bought my first car, which I used most days.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/14\/do-you-really-need-your-own-private-vehicle-five-lessons-from-a-year-using-a-car-sharing-app\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/460fd82c16de83e0fdc6e7b000dd4c18684dbff2\/0_330_8192_4918\/master\/8192.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=650e227ade449440cd69a3671c82a34f\" title=\"Do you really need your own private vehicle? Five lessons from a year using a car-sharing app\" \/>Car-sharing is both liberating and a big hassle if you want to avoid the cost and carbon emissions of a personal vehicle<br \/>\nBefore moving overseas six years ago, I sold my car and have been living without one ever since. Life in New York for the first two years was a breeze, but being car-free in Sydney? Not so much.<br \/>\nPrivate cars have always been integral to getting from A to B in Australia. While I caught the bus to school, afternoon and weekend activities usually required a lift from my parents or those of a friend. I got my own licence as soon as I was eligible and a few years later bought my first car, which I used most days. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car-sharing is both liberating and a big hassle if you want to avoid the cost and carbon emissions of a personal vehicle Before moving overseas six years ago, I sold my car and have been living without one ever since. Life in New York for the first two years was a breeze, but being car-free &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/do-you-really-need-your-own-private-vehicle-five-lessons-from-a-year-using-a-car-sharing-app\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do you really need your own private vehicle? Five lessons from a year using a car-sharing app<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}