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Hopefully this will make a number of people reconsider the size of the vehicles they require, and switch to smaller hybrids and/or EVs.
The new BYD ATTO1 is really tempting as a secondary run-around car for when me or the missus needs to do a solo trip.
Hopefully this will make a number of people realise how heavily car dependent we are in Australia, not to US-levels, but pretty significantly.
There's no solution to traffic other than viable alternatives to driving.
We need to invest in quality public transport, and in the meantime rapidly expand bus routes (making them less spaghetti-like, and increasing frequencies)