> Have you spent much time in the US? I have not, which is why I asked. The commenter I replied to suggested that the problem was that Americans prefer to driv

> Have you spent much time in the US? I have not, which is why I asked. The commenter I replied to suggested that the problem was that Americans prefer to drive, intrinsically, and not that the problem was road layout. This surprised me because reading HN I got the idea that road layout very much is the key problem, so I asked.