junctionist
Senior Member
And that's why public transit and city planning fails. Why shouldn't it be relevant that many people don't like public transit? Instead, why not make it so many of those folks will prefer transit?
Presumably, the more functional public transit is, the more popular it will be. Who doesn't want to get somewhere very quickly and cheaply, while being able to read or get something done? But apparently some planners in the past felt that no one wanted to use public transit by principle, which was unwarranted and resulted in bad planning.
I think that the denser the city gets, the more difficult it will be for drivers. A lot of new infrastructure could be built, but urban livability would probably be sacrificed with greater noise and pollution as well as more space dedicated to parking and car-related facilities.