Many Americans claim that American cities are difficult to walk or bicycle in because they are all so much newer than European cities. But maps like these demon

Many Americans claim that American cities are difficult to walk or bicycle in because they are all so much newer than European cities. But maps like these demonstrate that a huge proportion of European cities were built in the automobile era, including a great deal post-WWII; the difference in walkabality, mass transit, and bikeability of European cities is not the age of the city center but simply the decisions of what modes of transportation to prioritize in new developments.