Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway
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We keep expanding highways because we have more people and cars. It happens everywhere. Try getting everyone to agree where to move a highway is likely to be impossible.
The solution: Mass transportation, which has mostly been neglected in the United States. Let’s make it possible to need a car a lot less often.
That's not the American way of life. Americans love their cars. It's not just a necessity for moving around, but something a lot of people care about personally. Of course, there are pros and cons to that, but there's no reason to assume by default that it's objectively bad.