Yes, and we shouldn’t put at-grade highways through the middle of city neighborhoods with housing/small businesses/etc. along the sides, no grade-separated pede

Yes, and we shouldn’t put at-grade highways through the middle of city neighborhoods with housing/small businesses/etc. along the sides, no grade-separated pedestrian crossings, etc. I grew up in Southern CA, and the way cities there are crisscrossed by super-wide 6-lane roads (and every destination is surrounded by parking lots) is very disruptive to anything but a car-dominated lifestyle/culture. In many cities people almost exclusively travel by car, even though the weather is pleasant throughout the year. As a consequence lives are heavily scheduled and people spend little time talking to their neighbors. I also spent significant time growing up in a colonial city in southern Mexico, designed around narrow streets with little available parking. The cultural difference was stark: in the Mexican city people walked everywhere and it was impossible to go anywhere without running into multiple friends in the street.