I agree with your assessment - the transport design for many cities is held hostage by the transport choices of the surrounding areas. Which creates a feedback

I agree with your assessment - the transport design for many cities is held hostage by the transport choices of the surrounding areas. Which creates a feedback loop. The city is redesigned to accomodate car commuters so it’s less pleasant to live in so more people move to the suburbs so the city is redesigned for those extra car commuters so it’s less pleasant to live in…