“…At the same time, these households' grip on car ownership is tenuous: Mattioli (2017) finds that almost every household in the U.K. and Germany experiencing forced car ownership would also be "unable to face unexpected financial expenses" (p 156). These households are further financially vulnerable to oil price volatility (Sipe and Dodson, 2013;Dodson and Sipe, 2007;Mattioli et al, 2019;Leung et al, 2018). Low-income households use a variety of strategies to reduce transportation costs while maintaining their mobility: forgoing trips, carpooling, repairing cars themselves, cutting back on other spending to keep using cars, skipping insurance and other fees, and searching for deals on gas, insurance, and parking (Blumenberg et al, 2018;Blumenberg and Agrawal, 2014;Brobeck and Hunter, 2012;Belton Chevallier et al, 2018;Froud et al, 2005;Fletcher et al, 2010;Taylor et al, 2009).…”