Infrastructure Bill Incentivizes Alternatives to the Automobile

“You should not have to own a car to prosper in this country, no matter what kind of community you’re living in.”

– Pete Buttigieg, United States Secretary of Transportation 

How sweet it is to hear what one has been saying for years articulated at the top levels of government. I’m not alone. Independently and by the millions, Americans have begun to recognize that automobile ownership need not be a necessity in their lives, and that we should stop designing communities and commercial areas as though it were.

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After the Storm

Welcome to the new and improved Slower Traffic, 2021 edition. I hope you like the changes. If you’re here for the first time, thanks for taking a look. Please allow me to briefly re-introduce myself, and the blog.

Two questions I get fairly often. Yes, I am the Henry Garfield who writes the Moondog novels; and yes, I am a descendent of the 20th U.S. president.  I use Henry for the books and Hank for the blog, but most of my friends call me Hank.

I’m also the guy who lives in Maine without a car. The last year my name appeared on a valid car registration was 2006. In my home community this is still sometimes met with incredulity. “How do you do it?” people ask. Slower Traffic was born from that question.

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