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Pareto principle; rural areas are causing less harm and cities right now. Ban cars in cities, figure out rural areas next.
Rural person needs to go to the city? They park their car at the outskirts.
I'm sick and tired of hearing 20% excuses on why we can't fix 80% of traffic.
Note that the person I was responding to is saying "we can ban cars and gas stations in 5 years" full stop. And then the NJB quote of
So no, I am not saying we can't make it better (or that cities can't do it). Just that it's a complete mess nationwide.
Rural areas can be addressed too by subsidizing electric vehicles and infrastructure. Every manufacturer would drop all but a few of their gas-powered models overnight if they could sell electrics at the same price.