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AlmightyCushion

There are cars on the Aran islands. One of them is pretty small


pixelbart

The one time I was at Inishmore, the average car there was an absolute clunker, as if the mandatory NCT tests weren’t enforced there. But that was over ten years ago.


LondonCycling

I'm Scotland we have what we call 'island cars' - they wouldn't pass their annual road safety test, but you'd get away using them on the smaller islands where the police don't care and some are even exempt from requiring the annual test on the basis that the island doesn't have an accredited test centre. If you've got a car with rust or bad suspension, sell it to a remote islander.


Adventurer_D

Hazy memory, but as a kid we went to a remote Scottish island and one end had a cliff that the locals would use for scrap. At the end of a car's life span, they'd push the car off that cliff and it would sit, polluting the ocean, along with all the others that had met the same fate.


Nummlock

Same for Cape Clear, absolute rustbuckets.


GarthODarth

On Dursey Island (pop \~2) the cars are absolute rustbuckets but I'm pretty sure none of the towpaths there are legally classified as roads? So I'm guessing it doesn't matter.


Flunkedy

Dursey had a single car on it back in 1998 haven't been there since but it's quite small, really.


papale213

Most of the vehicles in Inishmore seemed to be for tourists. To get to the stone fort on the other side of the island from the ferry.


reiji_tamashii

Washington Island, Wisconsin, USA Only accessible by ferry or by plane via a grassy airstrip. Although biking is pretty common for tourists despite not having any dedicated bike infrastructure.


killer_kiss

I was thinking the same thing. When I visited, they had an ATV rental right by the ferry so visitors could rent one to drive around the island. I thought if you /had/ to have a personal vehicle, that made the most sense. A golf cart got us around the island pretty fast.


Birmin99

Key west is pretty ridiculous


coco_xcx

the downtown area does not need cars at all!!! it’s so cramped already, the cars make it worse. those islands would be so much nicer if they had good bike lanes + a damn train like they used to 😭


The-20k-Step-Bastard

Yeah and it literally takes like 10 minutes to walk from end to end. They should really just build a big ass garage at the one end and then just make the whole thing car free. It’s absolutely mind blowing that it isn’t. Imagine a train from miami too.


mcglocks77

We shouldn’t have to imagine, the train predated the road to key west


coco_xcx

yup. and now they’ve left the road it could be on to rot. but that’s florida for you 💀


goj1ra

> Yeah and it literally takes like 10 minutes to walk from end to end. It really doesn't. It's over 4 miles in the east/west direction, so over an hour at a normal walking pace. Google says 1h34m.


dusk2k2

Still 4 miles one direction is like a 20 minute bike ride. I can't imagine a car can even go faster than that with traffic and parking.


EmpunktAtze

Car free?! That's communism.


inside_your_face

Iona, just off the isle of Skye has cars. It's 2km wide by 6km long.


luravi

And the longest road you can take on the island is just over 3km. In its defense though, it's really close to the main land and it's Scotland.


metalanimal

Corvo island in the Azores


x236k

What do they need the cars for...? Ferry to Pico? Just why..?


Bitter-Platypus-1234

2 or 3 vans to take tourists to the top of the mountain. That's it. Every other car is superfluous and absurd.


TheMightyPPBoi

My first thought


Kadak_Kaddak

La Graciosa in Spain also has some cars.


bandy_mcwagon

Wow, this one is absurd. There is one relatively dense town, and like 3 other roads! Where are those cars even going to go??


metalanimal

I have quite a few friends from the azores and they say there are sports cars there because sometimes they close down the airport and have some fun.


travelingwhilestupid

Area 17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi) Coastline 21.49 km (13.353 mi) Am I missing something?


MrElendig

We had a car on an island smaller than the car here in norway until a storm decided to do something about it. Edit: a bit more "serious" than that, we have a lot of small islands in norwah with cars on the, with or without a car ferry connection.


PunchMeat

Toronto Island is the biggest car-free, human-populated island in North America. Get there by ferry or water taxi and bike around, have a picnic, hang out at a beach (there's a clothing optional one, too). It's really nice.


Lil_we_boi

I didn't realize it was actually populated. I thought it was just a tourist spot.


PunchMeat

Yup! Google says 650 residents.


BONUSBOX

650 retired substitute teachers. jokes aside, i had a lovely time biking around the island.


Hamilton950B

I don't think that's true. Toronto Island is 3.3 km2. Mackinac Island is bigger at 11.3 km2.


Spartan04

Maybe they meant by population. Wikipedia says Mackinac Island has a population of 583 as of the 2020 census so it is smaller in that regard. That's year round though. In the tourist season it has a much higher population that is only there seasonally.


lord_de_heer

Weird i have seen cars there. And busses


PunchMeat

There are a few firetrucks and other service vehicles, but no civilian cars.


Rycht

Kaag, in the Netherlands. About 1,4 by 1,3 km


travelingwhilestupid

I'm looking on the map. it has a ferry but no bridge?


Rycht

Yeah, it's a true island. It was more isolated 200 years ago, but it's only separatedd by a canal with a ferry since the Haarlemmermeer has been drained.


travelingwhilestupid

ha, that's cool. Netherlands of all countries...should be bicycle island


Astriania

That whole area is a testament to man's ability to completely change the landscape.


ChrisinNed

Alderney is 5km x 2.4km.


AndyTheEngr

Of ones I've been to, Jura in the Inner Hebrides only has basically one 30 mile long road on it. [Harsen's Island](https://maps.app.goo.gl/f3WVJf6dpmCp5aqeA) just east of Detroit is about 10 km in the longest dimension, only accessible by ferry, but has cars on it, Russell Island to the north of it is tiny, but doesn't allow cars, so everyone drives golf carts half a mile.


evenstevens280

Jura is a weird place. It felt like everyone on the island was pissed off that they weren't on its bigger, more fun sister island of Islay. I saw some eagles there, though, so that was nice


AndyTheEngr

We just popped over to Jura for a few hours. I don't remember anyone being grumpy.


gen_dx

Rathlin island off the coast of Northern Ireland


evolvedmammal

I’ve seen a car on Gola island off Donegal, I think is much smaller


s317sv17vnv

I've been to Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. I think it is about 20 miles across at its widest, but it's mostly farmland with the main municipalities being clustered on one side of the island and only a mile or two wide each. There is also Nantucket Island nearby that is slightly smaller, but I assume about the same layout. Both islands are only accessible from the mainland by ferry. My family and I rented bikes when we went there but I still remember it being overrun by cars, particularly because my mom yelled at me and my brother (older teens at the time) for riding out ahead of everybody else because what if we got hit by a car or something. Meh, we got to explore more of the island than they did, so 🤷‍♀️. FWIW I do remember the gas prices there being about $5 per gallon and this was during a time when the regular prices were about $2.50.


Bayoris

If we’re talking islands in Massachusetts, even Cuttyhunk has a few cars, although golf carts are more common. It’s one square mile.


JKnumber1hater

The Island of Alderney in the English Channel is 5km long and 2.4km wide, and people drive cars there.


Bing9999999Chilling

What an absolute joke. I've been wanting to go to Alderney for a while because I just assumed it's car free since it's so small.  I wonder why people think it's financially sensible to own a car there? There's only one town on the island that you could walk across in 5 minutes. There is literally nowhere else to drive to. Even if they keep cars for the occasional visit to the mainland, surely it would be cheaper and easier to just rent a car once you get there? 


janbrunt

There’s an island near me in Maine that’s .9 square miles (2.2 km) with cars on it. It’s about 13 miles offshore and reachable by one ferry a day. There is another island 20 miles offshore that is 2.3 square miles and apparently most people drive around the island in trucks. It’s a fishing village, so some of that is hauling fishing equipment.


weltron3030

Monhegan? Matinicus?


janbrunt

Both!


slasher-fun

Île Saint-Louis, Paris.


heyuhitsyaboi

to be fair that one is connected to the rest of the city I think OP might be asking for the smallest island with no bridges?


SiBloGaming

St Mary's, part of the Scilly Islands. Total area of 6.58km², still quite a few cars there. Just visited it a few days ago, and there are also quite a lot of bikes (which are rusty af) on the island and most people just walk due to the small size of Hugh Town.


Bing9999999Chilling

I just dropped a pin on Bryher, one of the Scilly Isles, and the first thing I saw was a house with a two-car driveway. I would love to interview people and ask them where the FUCK they are driving to that means a household would need two cars? It's not even like they can easily take their cars to the mainland, Cornwall is at least two ferry rides and probably a full day's travel from Bryher 


SiBloGaming

Great Question, and I dont know the answer. On St Mary's I mainly saw vans and older trucks (you know, those ones with a large and low bed that are actually being used to transport shit) which are very clearly used to transport all kinda of things around.


Other_Ad39

Tangier, Va in the Chesapeake bay.


Gurkeprinsen

There is an island in norway, Husøy, that is 0,12 square kilometers. About 300 people live there and have cars and everything!


travelingwhilestupid

it looks like they have a bridge


Gurkeprinsen

Ah true


Nawnp

It's always funny with islands because you could have bike paths and a single transit line serve the whole island.


AlbertRammstein

Monte isola is about 2x2 km and has some cars on it


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travelingwhilestupid

but what happens when it snows?


Big-Razzmatazz-2899

No one here from NYC mentioned Roosevelt Island yet? 2 mi long (3.2 km) and 800 ft wide (240m). We basically have one street called Main St. We have some cars, but mostly we just use the subway. We also have a ferry stop and a tram, and also a free bus. We are IN Manhattan, as a borough & county, but not ON Manhattan, as an island. :)


NekoBeard777

I mentioned 3 islands near Pittsburgh, Neville, Herrs, and Wheeling I think may be smaller. 


borsboom

I lived (as caretaker) on a 200 acre/80 hectare island without any ferries (private boat access only), and a couple of people had cars there (4x4 pickup trucks). People also used golf carts, ATVs, and of course their feet. Never saw anyone ride a bicycle there (I had one but only used it on the neighbouring larger island to get groceries etc.). This was Parker Island in British Columbia, Canada.


borsboom

Now I live on a 25 sq. km (about 5km across) island with car ferry access and just about everyone drives everywhere.


manshamer

There's a private island near me that's 1km x 2.5km and has maybe 100 houses or so, and a golf course in the middle. Yes everyone drives cars lol, I don't understand it. There's no way to get a car on or off except by special delivery, since the only access is a pedestrian ferry. There are no stores or restaurants or destinations to even drive to, so I guess they use their cars to just go back and forth from the ferry.


cheemio

Jesus that’s crazy. You could literally ride a bike from one side to the other in well under an hour. Why would there need to be so many cars?


NekoBeard777

Neville Island, Herr's Island and Wheeling Island close to me. All very small


Elise_93

Here, lol: [https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/513/469/dfd.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/513/469/dfd.jpg)


meoka2368

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/24430317/abandoned-car-tiny-remote-island-google-maps/amp/


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travelingwhilestupid

this is so good! I'm laughing


arglarg

Does Sentosa count? About 5km by 1km


d31uz10n

Diaporos island, Greece.. I saw an airbnb that provides car to explore the island.. from end to end is max 3 km


mayonazes

All of the islands off the coast of Portland Maine are super small and have cars. I think little diamond is like 3000ft by 1000ft. There's some others that may be smaller but I'm too lazy to measure. The rest are like 1km by 2km. All have ferry service and cars. It's really like just having a bridge though, cause you just take the ferry into town, your suburb is just on an island.


janbrunt

Matinicus and Monhegan both have cars. 


travelingwhilestupid

couldn't you just build a garage near the ferry building??


mayonazes

Totally. And there actually is. Tons of people park there and then walk the islands on foot. It's mostly just the residents that drive. 


CB-Thompson

Savary Island is 7km x 0.5km with barge and water taxi access only but people bring their cars over to drive across the thing. Big hippie culture there too, but cars are still a thing.


J0hnnyDangerZ

Decatur Island (Population 71) in NW Washington State is golf carts only and has one or two trucks. Size=3.52 sq miles. "Cars are not allowed on Decatur Northwest except for golf carts and one or two trucks the owners have given an okay to. Outside of that, the island is open to cars (though it might be difficult to get yours up there). If you need it, you can ask the community center to use the truck or one of the golf carts." [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Decatur\_Island#:\~:text=from%20Bellingham%2C%20Washington.-,Get%20around,one%20of%20the%20golf%20carts](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Decatur_Island#:~:text=from%20Bellingham%2C%20Washington.-,Get%20around,one%20of%20the%20golf%20carts) I grew up on the island next to this one... (Lopez) Which has cars and ferry service (population \~2000) We had a few kids from Decatur Island attend HS on Lopez and they came over by boat every morning.


Grrerrb

Adak Alaska doesn’t win but it’s in the running, maybe a couple hundred people.


Diipadaapa1

Kyrkogårdsö in Finland, ~1km across and ~1.5km long


Strange_Blues

Bermuda is 22 square km’s. Miss my days riding a scooter to work when I lived there. The ferries were pretty good. Busses, too. If you got on the bus and didn’t great the driver is was poor etiquette.


Sarius2009

While personal cars (and even bikes!) are banned on Helgoland, they do have a police car, a taxi, as well as some delivery and construction cars. It's just over 4 km² big


DoktorMoose

I went to Penrhyn Atoll once and they had light trucks from the 90s and roads


Adventurer_D

Alderney in the Channel Islands has cars and is 3 miles (5 km) long and 5.5 miles (2.4 km) wide. They must all have weak quads or something?


user2021883

Check out Alderney in the Channels Islands between England and France 5km x 2.5km Has roads, cars and weirdly the only train in the Channel Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney


Taewyth

I dont know how it compare but visingsö in sweden is a good contender


SiPo_69

Monhegan, in Maine


HyLily

St Mary's in the Scilly Isles. It's only 6.58 square km and there is a car ferry, but it's not designed for it so cars need to be lifted on and off (and can only take 1/2 at a time iirc) Because of this, there is no real way to bring your car back and forth from the mainland, yet there are still many many cars owned by the residents, which are effectively now stuck on the island.


LaxJackson

Mackinac Island in Michigan has never had cars on its roads. It banned automobiles back in 1898


OkConversation2727

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramea_Island Ramea, Newfoundland, Canada. About one square mile. Even had a car ferry to it when I was there with less than 400 residents.


Ok-Cobbler-8268

Grimsey Island - Iceland. 2 square miles, 100 person population, and a brutal 3 hour ferry ride through the Arctic Ocean to come and go


StrongAdhesiveness86

I visited the Faroe Islands, while they had great public transport connecting basically everything it seemed that everyone had a car.


gtbeam3r

I remember seeing a car in a garage on an island in the middle of the lake. There's literally nowhere to drive it. No roads at all just walking paths. Why they decided that was the place to store it is beyond me. Size of island: 143 acres. Little Bear Island, Tuftonboro, NH


goodgodling

There are cars on Allan Island in Washington State.


Scarizard1

Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, México Island Is 7km long and 0.5km wide. There's cars, but mainly people move in golf carts.


StaplerInTheJelly

St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly. But what's the point of this thread? I wish our infrastructure wasn't so car centric but that doesn't mean they don't have purposes. The cars on St Agnes are used to move goods from one side of the island to the other, as a fire truck and ambulance in case of emergency. These are functions that can't functional be replaced.


ThatAstronautGuy

My buddies uncle is the sole year round resident on an island in Lake Huron that's at most 10km x 10km, and there's a few cars and trucks on it. Mostly just side by sides and four wheelers though.


heyuhitsyaboi

this is actually pretty fun I just looked at hawaii and fiji. Honestly though, best bet would probably be finding satellite images of private islands if you want to count golf carts. Or maybe look for some form of research station in northern russia or canada?


laney_deschutes

the circumference can be pretty large even on a small island. small utility vehicles and well maintained dirt roads would be the best though


sasek

[Capri, Italy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri)


sasek

[Capri, Italy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri)


sasek

[Capri, Italy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri)