Comment by bitwize

It's a good start, but a grander vision would be to reduce or eliminate the need for cars altogether. You can build and sustain a mighty civilization without automobiles at all.

Per Poi Dog Pondering:

Well the ancient Egyptians and the other Africans

The Mayans, the Incas, and all the Polynesians

All around the world, a long long time ago

People would walk wherever they had to go