While I’m certainly in favour of transit, I think this shows the opposite: households with the money for a vehicle have a vehicle; households without do not.
Queens is perhaps less dense, making ownership of a vehicle (parking etc) more feasible.
There might be several reasons for that connection. For example, if you rarely need or use a car it is natural that only those with fuck toy-money would prioritize buying one. They buy it because they might as well, not because they have to.
If public transport was insufficient, or it was easier to use a car, those numbers might look very different.
Manhattan is obviously the richest borough but people largely don’t drive there because it’s expensive and annoying to find parking, and there’s the congestion charge, and there’s always a subway station within a five minute walk.
While I’m certainly in favour of transit, I think this shows the opposite: households with the money for a vehicle have a vehicle; households without do not.
Queens is perhaps less dense, making ownership of a vehicle (parking etc) more feasible.
There might be several reasons for that connection. For example, if you rarely need or use a car it is natural that only those with fuck toy-money would prioritize buying one. They buy it because they might as well, not because they have to.
If public transport was insufficient, or it was easier to use a car, those numbers might look very different.
Manhattan is obviously the richest borough but people largely don’t drive there because it’s expensive and annoying to find parking, and there’s the congestion charge, and there’s always a subway station within a five minute walk.