In the US it's long seemed obvious that cars have way too much privilege. (Just tonight I was honked at by a driver who wanted to use the intersection I was cro

In the US it's long seemed obvious that cars have way too much privilege. (Just tonight I was honked at by a driver who wanted to use the intersection I was crossing.) Yet, while we've had ideas floated for decades (e.g. limiting auto-traffic on downtown streets, as in Tokyo), it seems that not-driving keeps getting pushed away by something else. Malls disappearing? Amazon appears. (Humor: a person I knoe has been able to rebuild their only car because all the parts are being delivered - from everywhere in the country.) Covid appears and mass-transit takes a big hit ... and Zoom appears to keep people home from work and school. Someplace in the US has to be the first to try the Amsterdam way. But, given our habits built by 80 years of politics and conditioning (the Freeways were built under the direction of the former CEO of GM !) ... who'll be able to be the first?