Cities Should Be Designed for People Instead of Cars

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Public transportation in most American cities is insufficient in many ways. Cars are typically the only way to properly get around a city. It would be great if public transportation was well funded and innovative instead of stagnant. Unfortunately, most cities were developed with cars in mind and few provisions for public transportation.

“There’s this cycle of automobile dependency,” he said. “You have to have a place to park at home, a place to park at work, and a place to park at retail establishments.” In an absurd “market distortion,” cities have become places where “cars have a right to housing and people don’t.”

That distortion, he says, is the result of years of increasing capacity for automobiles and shifting funds away from alternative forms of transportation. It’s brought us to the point where most Americans consider automobile ownership an essential key to a productive, fulfilling life. Papandreou suggests a sea change in how we view personal mobility.

It’s Time for Cities to Favor People, Not Cars article from Wired.

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