Smaller towns existed before cars! Consider Vancouver Island for example, a number of small towns on the east coast of the island anchored by larger cities of

Smaller towns existed before cars! Consider Vancouver Island for example, a number of small towns on the east coast of the island anchored by larger cities of Nanaimo and Victoria. They were connected together by a railroad. As the age of cars took over the railroad tracks went into disrepair and were abandoned. We have a 19th century technology sitting right there to fix this problem. The only thing lacking is political will.