In reply to Anton Schieffer.

Your middle paragraph undermines the first.

That is, we have been successfully marketed into a culture that views cars as freedom that's pretty significantly at odds with the reality. Sure, we can get between any two points, but that's only one aspect of convenience. When I drive, I fairly regularly decide against making a second stop because parking and navigating crowded parking lots seems like a pain.

Actual freedom to me is, "hey, yeah, I could just walk or ride over there and I don't have to worry about what I'm going to do with my car."

Anyway, sorry for the tangent.

We'll have to see whether people want to share their high-value piece of capital with strangers. I'm with Monte on being skeptical.