The ship hasn't sailed at all, very few things in life are really set in stone (for example fossils). Doesn't mean a transition is easy or cheap. Nor will it b

The ship hasn't sailed at all, very few things in life are really set in stone (for example fossils). Doesn't mean a transition is easy or cheap. Nor will it be quick. After spending years and years both in the US and Western Europe, I wish for a healthy mix of cars and public transport. As it stands, this means significantly and heavily reducing cars in high density settlements where public transport is already sufficient or generally viable in the future. I absolutely love cars and driving but I despise them in city centers. So much property could be regained to improve the daily lives of millions of people in various ways. There is a multitude of projects which have shown how successful this approach is. One such project is the ban of cars from the Jungfernstieg area in Hamburg. 5 years ago you would walk along Jungernstieg and hundreds of cars would pass by, especially young men showing off their shitty, loud, tuned Mercedes CLAs to everyone. Then the city reduced access for cars there upon popular request and repurposed some lanes for plants and bicycles. It took a while until people understood [1] but eventually they did. All sources in German. Before (4-lane road): https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/verkehr-in-hamburg-fahrverbot-autoposer-rollen-trotzdem-ueber-den-jungfernstieg-37504476/ https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/verkehr-in-hamburg-fahrverbot-au... After (intermediate car-reduced): https://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/14369764/2020-09-30-bsw-jungfernstieg-weitgehend-autofrei/ https://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/14369764/2020-09-30-... Future (cars banned): https://www.hamburg.de/bvm/medien/17154924/2023-05-30-bvm-jungfernstieg/ https://www.hamburg.de/bvm/medien/17154924/2023-05-30-bvm-ju... [1] https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/autoverkehr-am-jungfernstieg-das-sagt-die-verkehrsbehoerde/ https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/autoverkehr-am-jungfernstieg-das...