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Originally Posted by Blitz
That argument might work in some cities (that's the argument they're using to improve transit here and yeah I think it could work here because even though Windsor has an Americanized culture it has a Canadianized built environment). But in a city like Little Rock where there are interstate highways cutting through the centre of town from all directions and where traffic flows easily and where the residential density is very low even in neighbourhoods close to downtown, I don't see how it could work even if we ignore the whole cultural argument (which we shouldn't do).
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That indeed is part of the problem.
US cities are awash with freeways but what sets the US is apart is that they also have huge inner city freeway systems and many the dreaded downtown loops...................the damage is done and it will be nearly impossible to undo it.