living in a walkable city where you can get anywhere you need by walking, by bus, or train is goated in an economic collapsed based entirely on gas prices
It is so unfathomable now to imagine living through a government project like this in real-time. Like, imagine an entirely new transit system just appears over a decade to completely remake a major city.
People don't even pretend it's possible anymore. They'll make a light rail line or a streetcar here or there but nothing ambitious in this country anymore.