I believe what they’re saying is that if UPS or FedEx is now the postal service they’ll put junk mail for their services in your mailbox. What you consider junk mail is other businesses paying the post office to send mail (though you may not like it).

Had a manual 2016 Mazda 3. Took a bit to find it with all the options I wanted but it was available at the time.

Maybe you can apologize for being so rude without knowing what’s going on? They apologized to de-escalate but clearly you’re just going to use that as a reason to keep being a jerk

I wouldn’t think that matters. I think it only matters if the school has their own ability to change where they allocate budgets and not the system as a whole directing it.

You’re kinda skipping over a few things as well as something the previous comment mentioned.

1. Weather. I live in a pretty big metro area that has freezing cold winters and sweltering hot summers (with high humidity).
2. Cargo space is definitely something to think about. There are a lot of families that have to drive to a store for a family’s amount of food for the week
3. Long distances to get to anything in the suburbs amplifies issues 1 and 2 (including usually no pubic transportation to help)
4. The previous commenter mentioned they don’t want a giant SUV and just want an affordable electric car.

All these things are a reason cars are a huge necessity in most of the US. Yes, getting to an area where we can all mostly use 2 wheels would be great, but we should recognize that doing better is a great step forward instead of shooting it down because it’s not perfect.

I say all this as a person who works from home so I don’t have to worry about a commute, has a small car for necessary trips, and does my best avoid unnecessary driving and makes sure to carpool at every opportunity.