Older cities in the northeast US have a lot of transit friendly areas where residents still own a car. You just need to get to your town center to access the pu

Older cities in the northeast US have a lot of transit friendly areas where residents still own a car. You just need to get to your town center to access the public transit system. That can be accomplished by driving if needed. It can also still be less sprawling that way, since the town centers function as transit hubs. It's not even done particularly well in the NE US, and it still works fairly well compared to the situation in most places. I don't think improving transit options in cities and maintaining a car-oriented existence in the suburbs are at odds with one another.