When you total up the amount of land that we dedicate to cars, it's absolutely staggering. I read a stat a while back (can't find it right now), that something like 33% of the land area of Seattle is paved vehicle surface. I'm sure Seattle isn't more paved-over than most other cities. Then, when you realize how this staggering amount of land is used to separate living, working, and other activity space, you begin to feel that we're living in little islands surrounded by fast-moving rivers of lethal steel--lethal steel that results in toxic gas and water runoff that sickens the remaining population that isn't directly killed at a rate of tens-of-thousands per year.
Gosh I hope we can figure this out in my lifetime.
Gosh I hope we can figure this out in my lifetime.