In 1950, a family that owned one automobile was quite fortunate.  

There were 40 million cars in 1950 with a population of 150.6 million.    

Today, both the husband and wife are likely to have one, and one or both kids may have one as well.

There are now about 150 million automobiles in the US.  One for every two people in the country.

1.4 million of them Registered in Oregon; also about one for every two people in the State.

With both parents working, neither of them able to get to work on LTD because it doesn't go where the job is or when the job requires you to be there, two cars are a necessity.


I  don't see us going back to the 1950's.....