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    5 months ago

    Naah. Not really:

    • re: rich countries: Car infrastructure is very, very expensive and the additional car infrastructure between every building also makes life in cities much more expensive. Also, cars themselves are very expensive. So, no, you don’t need to be rich to build public transit and bike lanes. It actually makes most sense when you’re not.

    • re: small countries: For one, “small” doesn’t make any sense — “densely populated” makes a bit more sense. However, when you look at it, the vast majority of humanity lives in cities today and their commutes are short, even in the US. And these commutes would in fact on average become shorter with more public transit and biking.

    Cars have a place but right now, any industrialized nation has several times more cars than it would need, especially if city planning were more sensible.