It's Time for Cities to Favor People, Not Cars | Autopia from Wired.com - 0 views
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Papandreou called for an end to "state, federal, and local land use policies that are literally forcing people to have to drive" and told Wired.com we're on the cusp of an inevitable "mode shift" away from individual car ownership toward a greater reliance on mass transit and sustainable transport.
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It's brought us to the point where most Americans consider automobile ownership an essential key to a productive, fulfilling life.
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Consider this: 200 people can jam the I-405 riding along in 177 cars (the average ratio). Or they could use just two lanes in three city buses, or have plenty of personal space around them if they rode bikes.