That's a pretty long list of personal details, but every one is mandatory — if even one of those boxes was unchecked, I would be excluded from using carsharing. (Katy Anderson/CBC)All right, carsharing isn't for everyone, maybe not even for most people. By addressing the transportation needs of one group while ignoring everyone else, carsharing diminishes public demand for better transit. Politicians can use carsharing provided by a private corporation as cover to avoid addressing our public transit woes. It's not a coincidence that the people making this case are invariably those who benefit from carsharing, never those excluded from it.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2020 10:52 UTC