Comment by bccdee

> The reason why cities are designed around cars is that cars were designed to fit in contemporary cities and they co-evolved over the 20th century

No, the switch to car-centric infrastructure was a deliberate policy choice lobbied for by the automotive industry. [1] We ripped up a lot of good transit to lay down roads this wide and fast.

[1]: https://www.fastcompany.com/90781961/how-automakers-insidiou...

> It turns out that cities require a lot of goods to be moved through - more than a pedestrian can carry, and over inclines that human muscle power doesn't like.

Hence the utility of public transit, which kills substantially fewer people and is much cheaper. Though goods are mostly moved with trucks, and trucks aren't my concern. Urban congestion isn't caused by 18-wheelers.