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This is important to major metro areas in the USA, but I'm struggling to determine who watches this kind of video apart from those already convinced? The way t

• pastage 4y ago
  Of course we have cost estimate and comparisons. What do you want to know? The biggest hurdle is that every car centric project will at least double the cost for other uses of the city/land. That is just for the investment in infra, but car infrastructure is also extremely expensive to maintain so there is less money available for other modes of transport.
  • milkytron 4y ago
    In addition to that, the land used for car infrastructure is no longer usable for tax generation purposes, it only consumes taxes. Replacing roads or streets to add dining space, small shops, homes, or any other type of purpose where taxes can be generated is better long term for municipal finances.
• Johnny555 4y ago
  No practical examples are ever given for the replacement of aging infrastructure or reuse of still perfectly good infrastructure It did mention how things took a step forward with the uprising of parklets and on-street dining during the COVID pandemic. My town still has much of the on-street parking replaced by outdoor dining spaces, making an area that would have served a couple cars for the evening into an area enjoyed by a dozen people. Change is possible if we want to make the change.