> Oh, Brasilia was designed that way. Hardly. A 3-lane highway plus frontage roads cuts straight through the center. Then you have L4, which hugs the waterfron

> Oh, Brasilia was designed that way. Hardly. A 3-lane highway plus frontage roads cuts straight through the center. Then you have L4, which hugs the waterfront and cuts off much of the city in a very Robert Moses-esqe fashion. Its metro/rail system is completely anemic. > Good thing the city was also designed with a huge collection of streets going around those neighborhoods, because everyone is on those, all the time. I'd say that is precisely why it has more driving and less walking/public transport. (disclaimer: never actually visited it, but this much is apparent from maps and such)