> In order to eliminate cars, however, it will require a drastic readjustment of our urban planning policies. (Emphasis added) The idea that we can eliminate

> In order to eliminate cars, however, it will require a drastic readjustment of our urban planning policies. (Emphasis added) The idea that we can eliminate the use of cars with urban planning policies is a clear indication of someone who has never spent any significant amount of time outside a city, or at least has never seriously thought about what it means. Most of the land in the world is not urban. Many millions of people live outside urban areas. That's not going to change. Probably ever. Though I'm a strong proponent of massively increased public transit systems, including both high-speed rail corridors and normal-speed rail branching off into smaller areas, cars will remain by far the most efficient means of point-to-point transport outside of well-planned urban centers (even in good rail corridors, outside of the very common cases they solve) for the foreseeable future.