> There are many human-oriented cities around the world in which mass-transit reigns
All of which are densely populated cities.
This concept simply doesn't work in majority of America, where the average city is sparsely populated and quite spread out.
People living in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Portland, Austin, Los Angeles, etc... quickly forget what life is like in say... Fiddletown, California.
If Fiddletown, California were forced to pay for its own road construction and upkeep, instead of getting free money from the state or federal government, they'd have to massively raise their taxes, and the town would become a ghost town as people moved to the large cities that have lower per-capita infrastructure costs.
All of which are densely populated cities.
This concept simply doesn't work in majority of America, where the average city is sparsely populated and quite spread out.
People living in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Portland, Austin, Los Angeles, etc... quickly forget what life is like in say... Fiddletown, California.