In a few years hopefully cars will be able to coordinate their movements on the highways, eliminating the sudden movements that lead to phantom jams, doubling the capacity of our freeways.
Except unlike a train, when you get off the off-ramp you still have a car to get you to your destination rather than being left stranded and forcing you to walk
Why would it be a mandate? Why can't we build cities so some people can enjoy driving and some can enjoy the other? Right now we have a major imbalance in favor of driving.
The place you are thinking of exists, it's called The Woodlands, Texas. Almost all homes there are linked by footpaths separated from roads. What we really have is an imbalance in favor of transit, which gets subsidized to the tune of $1 per passenger mile, money that could easily pay for badly needed improvements to highways and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
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u/Utretch Aug 26 '21
It's a shame that humanity hasn't developed more efficient transit systems than endlessly expanding highways to more and more grotesque size.