The point I think is that if we as a society NOW starts to develop with public transport, walkability and bikes in mind we can with time get a built environment

The point I think is that if we as a society NOW starts to develop with public transport, walkability and bikes in mind we can with time get a built environment that works without a car. No one wants to remove all parking or take away your car and force everyone to take the bus/train. I live in a small 30k city in Scandinavia my self and know what you are talking about. It was a city with rural fishing villages and farming communities on the outskirts up until around 1960, but then the city started to spread out due to the increasing access to cars. Now most everyone drives everywhere, the small mall outside of town has grown to enormous proportions and now we even have american style strip malls along the main road out of town. Myself I live in a suburb outside of town that back in the days were farm land and some small cottages for the city folks. My family moved out here in the 80's, my dad used to take the bus out here to camp when he grew up in the 60's and 70's. Out here we are car addicted. People drive everywhere even if walking or biking takes about the same time. And people drive everywhere because the car is the default when going anywhere because we live 10 km from the mall and 18 km from the city so nothing is close by. Anyway, this is just me rambling. My point is that our places are designed for cars and such using the car becomes our default mode of transportation. By rather designing our environment for walking, cycling and public transport we can get more people to walk, bike and use public transport. And if you still "have" to use a car, that is fine. A car is a tool, and sometimes it's the best tool for the job, but very often it is not and the externalities of mass car usage is not worth it (In my opinion). :-)