The best car seat if you don't own a car

Without a car, the seat must install belt-only in a taxi in under a minute and never strand you holding a baby, a seat, and a folded stroller on a curb. That rules out every seat designed around a base that stays in your trunk — you don't have a trunk.

One product was engineered around this exact situation, and despite real trade-offs it remains the correct call for car-free city parents.