There is an "urban redesign" going on - it has started in places like Barcelona (or maybe Amsterdam) and is (slowly) spreading out. It has three or so basic pr

There is an "urban redesign" going on - it has started in places like Barcelona (or maybe Amsterdam) and is (slowly) spreading out. It has three or so basic precepts - car centric as opposed to people centric is not building economic or pleasent places to be - denser living is more efficient - even if it's hard to rub shoulders with, you know, other smelly people. You need more apartments / condos and less gardens. - if you live dense enough to have viable public transport, then you live dense enough to share other public amenities like libraries, schools, hospitals, streets, toilets cafes. getting along with people you don't like is a social necessity. It turns out not many people like these implications. The turning down the dial on car-first urban design has lots of implications - some of it looks like enforcing speed limits (yes this whole article is about enforcing - speed cameras can happily work along vast swathes of modern roads. Imagine speed cameras on every motorway or highway that automatically pumped out fines as you went over the limits. yes annoying and expensive but also suddenly that 45 minutes commute takes 1.5 hours and the train looks a good option. As does the coach. Just enforcing the current rules will probably have 50% of the effect desired.