Northeast Ohio is a region built for the car, evidenced by cross-cutting freeways and huge parking lots that dominate the landscape. For the past year, I have lived carless in this car-centric community, using public transportation, ride-hailing services and my bike to get around. During my morning bus commute, I have come to know many other carless residents — workers who wake up before daybreak to travel two hours to get to jobs on time, mothers who drop off their children at daycare in one part of the city before taking another bus to get to work on the opposite end, and those traveling by bus because their driver’s license was suspended for any number of offenses (in many cases, some that have nothing to do with driving). Most of my co-passengers are not taking public transit by choice.