I read it as cars don't belong in urban areas. They are incredibly inefficient energy and space wise. Look at the average downtown area of an American city and

I read it as cars don't belong in urban areas. They are incredibly inefficient energy and space wise. Look at the average downtown area of an American city and see how much is devoted to surface parking lots, garages, highways, interchanges, arterials. Take a look at this site and you'll see aerials of American cities before and after cars, and how incredible amounts of density, productivity, and housing were destroyed: http://iqc.ou.edu/2014/12/12/60yrsmidwest/ http://iqc.ou.edu/2014/12/12/60yrsmidwest/ https://urbanist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454714d69e2017d3c37d8ac970c-800wi https://urbanist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454714d69e2017d3c37d8... It's a loop with positive feedback - the more space given over to cars, the less dense destinations become, the more cars become required. Conversely the denser places become, the easier it is to makes places bike, transit and pedestrian friendly, and the more difficult it becomes to drive.