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>car dependency has proven to increase paranoia and isolation
>Children who cannot travel without car rides have devastating effects on independence and critical thinking.
>Shell companies and big oil pays for online marketing
>Before Ford and car dependency American cities were considered more beautiful than European cities with Europeans vacationing in the states to see them
>Switzerland has quiet scenic trains that go through remote villages every 30 minutes
>Tokyo has trains near housing so nobody is more than 15 minutes away from transit
>If you're in France you can travel to literally any European country in 5 hours
>China has developed high speed rails that travel through countryside and cities allowing everyone to travel freely
>American suburbs are subsidized and depend on infinite growth
>American cities on average waste 75% of the space with parking lots leaving only 25% for buildins
>Texas spend 12 billion to add another lane for highways in a single city and traffic became worse
>Boston replaced inner city highways for bike only lanes with parks which improved traffic congestion.
>Seoul South Korea removed it's central highway for a massive park that reduced suicides and improved local bus