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  • We’ll put, but I disagree with you on this point

    The US wasn’t built by public transit though, it was built by car and truck.

    Many US towns and cities started as railroad towns, and they grew due to rail connections. They had local streetcars around which new suburbs were built. Downtowns were originally walkable and mixed use. Only later were they destroyed to make way for urban freeways and parking, and the post war housing boom’s racist policies brought about single family zoning and car dependant suburbs.


  • The US was built on mass transit. Pre WWII the US was covered in electrified interurban lines, it wasn’t until the 50s when the car started to become really popular that these were dismantled and your cities demolished to make way for more highways. Many people could easily benefit from new transit options if they were installed, while for others changes to land use (such as ending single family zoning) would also be need to be made.