Take a trip to Utrecht and you'll feel like you've died and gone to heaven. Or Houten (right next to Utrecht) which is one of the best designed suburbs in the w

Take a trip to Utrecht and you'll feel like you've died and gone to heaven. Or Houten (right next to Utrecht) which is one of the best designed suburbs in the world 25% walking 48% biking 5% public transport 18% car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_share or https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_pdf/2020/14/modal-split-2018-gemeente-utrecht-maart-2020.pdf https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_pdf/2020/14/modal-split-2018-gem... https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/16/welcome-cycle-heaven-moved-family-netherlands-houten-utrecht https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/16/welcome-cycle... And the thing is - Utrecht is amazing. I don't think people there are bemoaning their sad existence lacking in freedom or mobility. But part of the success of Utrecht and Houten is taking space away from cars and giving it to bikes (and walking and public transport). I'm struggling to find a source but recently Utrecht determined that a street had too much traffic and was clogged with cars so the solution was that obviously it needed more throughput - so it should be made in to a bike route. I just wish I hadn't needed to move 8,000 km to have this level of freedom.