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We didn't built our environments to exclude specifically non-drivers. We are all competing and driving is simply a massive advantage. It also means that places generally don't have to be super close together to have business traffic and therefore benefit more from cheaper real estate.
yes that is why our suburbs are condensing into chains and big box stores and can barely support themselves, because driving is such a massive advantage to all businesses everywhere.
All sarcasm aside, please just watch this video: Not Just Bikes - How Suburban Development Makes American Cities Poorer [STO2]
If that interests you at all, I highly recommend watching the rest of the strong town series of videos from not just bikes
Nah. Because car transportation is massively subsidised and the automotive industry is so influential, modern cities were built for cars instead of people.
Sure, we weren't "targeting non drivers", but we were exclusively building for cars.
We're now reaping what we sowed - cities are now hostile to pedestrians.