K1052
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First, lots of US cities have similar population density to cities in Europe that have effective mass transit.
Second, the study is about how in areas that have sufficient density for mass transit we instead waste tons of valuable land and time on cars. New York is finally starting to move in the right direction but fundamentally the real answer, at least for Manhattan, is to ban private cars entirely.
Third, you do realize that if you love clean air personal cars are basically the worst thing for it, right? They are an air pollution nightmare as compared to buses and trains.
I had the opportunity to look at what the city did to 14th Street a few months back and immediately thought they should do it to the entire island below Central Park lol.
Even EVs, while dramatically better than ICEs, still have considerable particulate pollution problems from tires and breaks. Cites do need EVs (cabs, busses, etc) but also need FAR less private cars.