Outside the denser inner area, bus services barely exist. Inside this core the bus passengers are almost exclusively blacks and hispanics. It s almost impossible to live without a car in the drive-in suburbs . The answer is obvious. You drive because things are so spread out you can t do anything else.
Downtown there is another less-mobile city.
Here the people rely on public transport. Many cannot drive. Others cannot afford a car. Some are old and have never learned to drive. And, in any case, driving is unpleasant because of the congestion.