Not really accurate to say that other countries have "fixed" these with laws, many never had them in the first place. Car dependence in particular was never rea

Not really accurate to say that other countries have "fixed" these with laws, many never had them in the first place. Car dependence in particular was never really a problem in Europe since the cities were already there way before cars. Not quite so for the US. I found going to Hiroshima a fascinating example of this. Tokyo and Kyoto are all very walkable and contain few cars. Since Hiroshima was re-built after cars were already a thing (and when Japan was under US occupation), it feels very un-Japanese and more like a big US city.