Nice work. We went to one car about 18 months ago, and I don't see us going back to being a two car family.
On Saturday I was talking with a friend who's been a single car family for six or seven years while raising preschoolers, and he agreed that he has zero desire to go back to having two cars.
In my mind, it's not only that it's not a burden, it's that getting away from routine car use makes my life better.
When I bike or walk to work I am reliably happier and more relaxed than when I drive.
Cycling to work keeps me connected to the natural world. I notice the humidity, the direction of the wind, and the smells in a way that I miss in a car.
Cycling connects me to the human world. I've met far more people at the bike rack than I ever have in the parking ramp. Somehow bike racks are one of the last places that strangers chat.
And, since this is MMM, I'll mention that not being in a car keeps me from wasting money. When I have the capacity to run around buying stuff and loading it in the car, I weirdly seem to do it. Stopping for just a couple things for dinner metastasizes into a $60 grocery run even though the fridge was already amply stocked. Or that I need to run to the hardware store, which never ends cheaply. It's as if having an empty car capable of shlepping all manner of commodities home is a void that must be filled. But it's amazing how many of those errands that seem necessary are really not necessary at all. Don't have the car, don't do the errands, don't waste money.
Cars can be very useful, but I never want to go back to routinely and thoughtlessly driving again.