Originally Posted by
Roughstuff
Vast amounts of public space in our cities are dedicated to moving motor vehicles, and we need to shift this balance back to prioritizing biking and walking.”
The crux of his whole argument, and worthless drivel. As long as roadways are going to be needed for delivery vehicles (trucks, etc), emergency vehicles such as firetrucks, etc, and buses buses buses buses buses buses buses! Did i forget to mention buses, the Luddite answer to all commuting problems? , roadways will need to be as wide as they are now, and go to as many places as they do now. Ergo, there will be just as much space dedicated to motor vehicles.
roughstuff
Don't forget the light rail and high speed trains.
One idea would be have bus stops/transfer points at centralized locations, instead of having a bus stop on every block. Then "John Q. Public" is responsible for getting themselves to the bus stop/transfer point.
Still doesn't eliminate the need for emergency vehicles to be able to get to people's houses, but it would put less of a strain on the roads themselves.