> Cars enable people to visit the countryside and the coast No question that cars is an absolute necessity in rural areas, or at the very least a liberator for

> Cars enable people to visit the countryside and the coast No question that cars is an absolute necessity in rural areas, or at the very least a liberator for a decent life. Not to mention transportation of goods through trucks. While I have seen a few city folks who are kind of oblivious around that reality, the vast majority of people, myself included, are talking about how to make an already urban life better for day-to-day life. In those cases both USSR and China just happen to share similar traits to the rest of the world, and are by no means representative. Cities in Europe, south east Asia, Japan etc are not modeled after communism – an ideology that came after most cities were already built. The best path has been by countries who have recognized the importance of road transit in rural areas and for transportation while building ample and effective public transit for popular routes both within and between cities. It’s not a visionary idea - it already exists in most of the developed world.