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Cool but I still am stuck in a car-only area for now. I wish it was better. Anything would be better.
I'm stuck in Houston, but we do still very occasionally succeed in implementing walkable/bikeable/mass transit improvements here and there. Whenever we do, the economy in that corner of the city balloons.
But then the state government steps in and quashes any effort to expand or improve on these developments, and we're back to spending $10B to wiggle the I-45 a bit so trucks can travel faster.
I think the Katy freeway should be a model for all roads. Every single shop and store should be fronted and backed by a 26 lane monstrosity of a slowly moving parking lot. /s
I find it impressive how stubborn people can be about building more roads. It's a case of having only a hammer, so everything looks like a nail. Just hit it with more surface road and parking to make a place 'better' despite cars never making a city better for people, just briefly more convenient for the first cars until it blocks up the roads and makes being outside a terrible experience.