Golf Carts

Kruunuvuori bridge in Helsinki, FInland under construction.

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Labor Day golf cart parade on street in Babcock Ranch, Florida.

This Florida town gives residents a free golf cart with each new home

Babcock Ranch discourages driving with ample walking and rolling infrastructure and dense development that offers many of the services residents need within a short walk or ride.

April 18, 2026 - Streetsblog USA

Line of golf carts parked on street in The Villages, Florida

The Disruptive Power of ‘Minimobility’

Small, lightweight vehicles similar to golf carts could eliminate many Americans’ need for a second car and make roads safer for all users.

November 9, 2022 - Fast Company

Line of colorful golf carts parked outside restaurant in The Villages, Florida

Why Golf Carts Could Quietly Revolutionize Transportation

More communities are catching on to the benefits of golf carts as a safe, low-emissions mode of transport for neighborhood trips.

August 16, 2022 - Slate

The Villages, Florida

Golf Carts as Transportation

Designing roads for low-speed vehicles like golf carts can make getting around safer and easier for seniors.

September 5, 2021 - Curbed

The Villages, Florida

The Villages and the Dangers of Holding Too Tightly to the Past

Some parts of The Villages, Florida, the nation's largest retirement community and one of its most popular master planned communities, bear a striking resemblance to the neotraditional development favored by famous early examples of New Urbanism.

July 20, 2020 - James Brasuell

Neighborhood Electric Vehicle

St. Louis Residents Choosing Golf Carts Instead of Cars

Residents of the neighborhood of Soulard started a trend at the beginning of the decade that has changed the face of the neighborhood, and started to catch on in other parts of the city of St. Louis as well.

October 30, 2019 - St. Louis Public Radio

Neighborhood Electric Vehicle

Mainstreaming the Golf Cart

Seniors are on the cutting edge of a movement to make Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs), otherwise known as golf carts, a viable form of everyday transportation.

October 12, 2015 - The Atlantic

Gas Prices Beget Golf Carts

City officials in Lockhart, near Austin, consider allowing golf carts on arterial streets.

July 7, 2008 - Fox 7 KTBC Austin

Golf Carts on Main Street

Soaring fuel costs are seeing more people turning to non-conforming vehicles, such as golf carts. But studies show that they are a risky mode of transportation.

June 13, 2008 - The Globe & Mail

Golf Carts: California's Latest Transit Trend

The new trend in California is a redesigned golf cart that can operate on the roads at 25 m.p.h. It's the perfect alternative for short trips

August 19, 2002 - The Christian Science Monitor

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