Even just building roads shaped countries and cities in a certain way. Killing trains, increasing car usage, encouraging shipping things from far away location

Even just building roads shaped countries and cities in a certain way. Killing trains, increasing car usage, encouraging shipping things from far away locations. Hopefully with the next generation of city planning we won't be so stupid and create environments which are more liveable where people waste less time commuting and buy things as close to home as possible (even if the last point may have more to do with taxation / regulations / working conditions differences in various countries more than roads).