{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.car-dependency","code":"thing-q786773","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q786773/","name":"car dependency","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.2","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Cross-cutting context","entryKind":"thing","plane":"XCT","domain":["XCT.REL"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A condition of a place or society in which daily life depends on private cars because land use, infrastructure and services make walking, cycling and public transport impractical, produced by low-density development, road-centred planning and dispersed destinations; car dependency is studied in urban planning and transport research for its effects on health, cost, equity, emissions and land use.","purpose":"Let an agent explain car dependency and its causes, present evidence on its effects with attribution, describe policy and design 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