Major part of the problem is working 70 kilometers away. Before cars you would basically just live pretty close to your place of work. I think that's how it sho

Major part of the problem is working 70 kilometers away. Before cars you would basically just live pretty close to your place of work. I think that's how it should still be, but don't see any realistic way for societies to encourage that beyond building denser cities where every new residential area comes with rail transport from the get-go.