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adjl posted...

If you're in an environment where you can go 60-75 mph at any point during a 5-minute drive, that environment is a major part of the problem. Car-centric developments connected to other car-centric developments by highways are fundamentally at odds with getting around any other way, thanks to how much space has to be taken up to move large volumes of cars (significantly more than just about any other option, especially for single-occupancy vehicles), the amount of parking space that's needed when nobody can get anywhere without driving (commercial lots with parking minimums are very often comprised of more driveway/parking than actual store), and the danger inherent in trying to mix high-speed car traffic with any other mode. Build around something other than cars, and that 5-minute drive becomes a 10-15-minute walk instead, usually a much more pleasant one because you're walking past actual destinations and not parking lots and drive-thrus.

I'm not trying to solve all urban planning issues, I am just saying why I don't walk to the grocery store every Sunday. Slow your role.