One more, hinted at but not explicit in your list:
The variation in task requirements for a vehicle is high, so it is economically efficient to buy a single vehicle suited for as many tasks as possible.
If you can acquire a limited vehicle for a much lower price (including parking, safety, and other externalities) it can be useful to do so -- but the limited vehicles are generally too expensive.
Re:Twike
by InitialLastName on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:24AM
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> - safety. From the time electric scooters caught on I have numerous examples of people getting seriously hurt with permanent quality of life affecting injuries.
Do you not know anyone who has had a life-affecting injury or was killed while in a car? Not saying scooters don't have their risks, but pretending cars are a paragon of safety seems to be the result of availability bias.
I use a motorcycle 90% of the time in the city. But there's a lot of problems with any specialized transport like this:
- parking multiple vehicles per person
- learning to drive multiple type of vehicles
- bicycle/scooter/Twike can't be used for serious shopping
- safety. From the time electric scooters caught on I have numerous examples of people getting seriously hurt with permanent quality of life affecting injuries.
- taking passengers on anything other than a car is non trivial
- most alternative forms of transport require good physical health and skills
I'm sure I could think of more but these are enough to explain why having a do it all vehicle (even if poorly and costly) makes sense for the majority of people.