> for many they are a necessary evil Don't get me wrong, on an individual level I strongly agree that cars are necessary for probably 90%+ of the united states

> for many they are a necessary evil Don't get me wrong, on an individual level I strongly agree that cars are necessary for probably 90%+ of the united states for a reasonable standard of living. That's kind of the issue: we've built a spread out, suburbanized environment where the only people who can live without a car, are the people who live really close to the downtown part of the city. These people, in an ironic twist, have to breath the fumes and hear the sounds of the hundreds of thousands of cars belonging to those outside city center who drive through every day. My argument is just that it doesn't have to be that way.