It is important to pause here and point out that transit is the only way to overcome the geometric space limitations of the street while still building wealth. In an auto-oriented model, the more cars that are there, the more space that must be given over to accommodating those vehicles. That means parking lots instead of destinations, driving lanes instead of sidewalks, which is the opposite of wealth-building. Auto-based development effectively puts a cap on the success of a place, a physical limitation for how many people can be in one place at one time and, subsequently, how much
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