As an alternative to a car for short trips — say, 1 mile or less — electric golf carts make practical as well as sound environmental sense.Electric golf carts are not permitted in my 1200-unit condo complex in Florida. Partially, it’s because the roadways are too narrow — the Gulf Oil developers in the 1970s never envisioned that their oceanfront investors getaway would evolve into an owner-managed association.
Electric golf carts are a nice compromise to ICEs: they are clean, efficient, and nearly as handy as a car in last mile transit in which the speed of a car isn’t a requirement for daily tasks. They are increasingly being used for short-distance trips in communities as an alternative to the family car, and they share common element roads with other motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles.
Nonetheless, it will take a cultural shift for many condo communities to accept electric golf carts. They have the potential become an element of what’s known as smart transportation systems– if only more people would listen with open minds.With about 9,300 golf carts registered among its 13,000 households, Peachtree City, 31 miles southwest of Atlanta, might be the most golf-cart-friendly municipality in the US.
Numerous so-called golf cart communities in the US, such as Sun City, Arizona, and Palm Desert, California, allow carts and cars to mingle on low-speed public roads.
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