Just to compare, this is the utopian dream for Toronto:
There are approx. 18 cars and trucks in that image.
They are taking up SIGNIFICANTLY more space, and are causing traffic.
Still, we keep saying, “give us more of this, please!”.
Insanity or stupidity?
Things can change it just gonna take a generation or two. It took NL 40-50 years of development to achieve these efficiencies
Not really, it wasn’t much different in the mid-80s than it is now. Most of the change was early in the process. Beyond that, it’s mainly been improving integration of transport modes and fine-tuning some aspects of the system such as how intersections are controlled.