automobility
noun
au·to·mo·bil·i·ty
ˌȯ-tō-mə-ˈbi-lə-tē 
-mō-
: the use of automobiles as the major means of transportation
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Someone like Berry might have found that the prevailing dream of automobility came with previously undisclosed clauses in fine print.
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
Malls are, indeed, having a pop culture resurgence, but at an odd moment, because young people seem to be increasingly drawn to cities, and trends in urban design (away from automobility) point away from the mall.
—Dallas News, 28 July 2022
For air mobility to meaningfully replace automobility, Dr. Rothblatt said, the eVTOL industry has to benchmark the safety standards not of cars or helicopters or private planes, but commercial airliners.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
The rapid growth of automobility after World War I might have tempered enthusiasm for driving too fast and too recklessly.
—Dan Albert, Vox, 21 June 2019
Everything that the future holds for automobility—connected, shared, self-driving, electric—sounds to traditionalists about as appealing as cat-food flavored toothpaste.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
Malls are, indeed, having a pop culture resurgence, but at an odd moment, because young people seem to be increasingly drawn to cities, and trends in urban design (away from automobility) point away from the mall.
—Dallas News, 28 July 2022
For air mobility to meaningfully replace automobility, Dr. Rothblatt said, the eVTOL industry has to benchmark the safety standards not of cars or helicopters or private planes, but commercial airliners.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
The rapid growth of automobility after World War I might have tempered enthusiasm for driving too fast and too recklessly.
—Dan Albert, Vox, 21 June 2019
Everything that the future holds for automobility—connected, shared, self-driving, electric—sounds to traditionalists about as appealing as cat-food flavored toothpaste.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
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“Automobility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automobility. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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