Not something I would have thought about! Thank you for writing this article and educating me.

You know, when I lived in New York City, very few people owned a car or drove. Cars are more a liability there than anything else. Where I live now, you can rent a two-bedroom house for less than what some parking-garage spaces go for in New York City!

My late partner, a born and bred New Yorker from the Lower East Side, never had a driver's license, not for his entire life. I got a New York State driver's license, but just so I could drive us to Provincetown at the end of the summer in a rental car.

Otherwise, we took the subway or, more rarely, buses. I remember my dad drove to visit us once, and he was all excited to have a car with him, because he'd be able to "help us with transportation."

😂

He quickly realized that we could usually get anywhere we wanted to go in the subway faster than he could drive us.

And then we wouldn't have to spend a half hour (or more!) searching for an elusive parking space.

Anyway, I wonder what New Yorkers without driver's licenses do about employers who mandate them?

I don't know, maybe employers in New York City are just a little different given (non) driving traditions there.

But I don't think anybody should have to have a driver's license to get a job that doesn't require driving.

I was really surprised reading your story to find out that the system does work like that sometimes.