If there’s anything we’ve learned following urban planning and city politics it’s that questioning the role of cars in cities really strikes a nerve. Policies like bike lanes, pedestrian streets, transit priority, and traffic calming are dismissed as a war waged against suburbanites and their cars by people who live downtown. In this video we question whether this view of the debate really makes sense.

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More information/references:
Appeal of culdesacs in suburban areas:
https://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/wh...
https://rismedia.com/2019/02/26/pros...
https://www.mashvisor.com/blog/culde...
https://www.northjersey.com/story/mon...
https://www.maunakearealty.com/market...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Suwanee denies controversial zoning amendment after weeks of public outcry: https://www.ajc.com/news/atlantanews...
Los Altos Hills Town Plan: https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/179/...
Cities and suburbs fighting with Waze and other navigation apps:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/n...
https://slate.com/business/2017/06/su...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/ny...
https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...

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