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Sorry, Nate but I feel strongly about the planning for people, not cars idea. The most pleasant, vibrant and safe places are those that are designed at a scale and with functions that are indeed related to humans and not the efficiency of how many or how fast cars can get through. (Fanueil Hall, Burlington VT, historic downtown New Bedford). Modern shopping plazas (e.g., Wareham Crossing) are designed for cars and not people, with most people choosing to drive from one store to the other because it is unsafe and unpleasant to walk around with a sea of parking, unprotected pedestrian path, massive building walls and wind tunnel effect. In addition, it does not work well for old people, young people or people who rely on a bus to drop them off. IMHO. Experience shows that if you build for cars, you will get cars; if you build for people, you will get people. We can't afford to keep building for more cars. Cars won't be made obsolete, but the quality of our spaces will be better.
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