Yeah, the article claims that everything backfires but it seems to me the issue is that they are not using the strategies in tandem. Look at the Netherlands: re

Yeah, the article claims that everything backfires but it seems to me the issue is that they are not using the strategies in tandem. Look at the Netherlands: residential areas are designed so that it is not possible for through traffic to have a shorter route (or a route at all) through them. You may be 100 meters from your school if you walk your kids there, but 3 km if you drive. Then they make a plethora of bike and bus lanes to entice people to drive less and reward people who do not. These strategies work: neighbourhoods are safe, the roads are congested (they always will be) but people have viable alternatives.