> Perhaps designers should design cities around rapid transit rather than building rapid transit after the cities have been built. This is already the case, at

> Perhaps designers should design cities around rapid transit rather than building rapid transit after the cities have been built. This is already the case, at least in the US. Most of our car-centric cities didn't start out that way; they were systematically converted into car-centric environments by dismantling public transit systems and replacing them with highways and surface-level parking. Examples: Sioux City[1]; Albany[2]; Boise[3]. [1]: https://www.siouxcitymuseum.org/history-website/transportation-cable-and-street-cars https://www.siouxcitymuseum.org/history-website/transportati... [2]: https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/The-evolution-of-trolley-cars-in-the-Capital-12432274.php https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/The-evolution-of-t... [3]: https://www.boisestate.edu/sps-urban/urban-resources/trolley-town/ https://www.boisestate.edu/sps-urban/urban-resources/trolley...