[closeparen]

>deter people from making journeys that cause such a nuisance.

Connectivity and interaction is the whole reason we have cities. Urban planning that seeks to prevent trips ("transportation demand management") defeats the purpose of living near other humans. Why have cities at all, if you are going to design them to be isolating?

When it's easier and faster to navigate 50 miles between farms than 5 miles between urban neighborhoods, the city has thoroughly and catastrophically failed. I'm not surprised that this happens accidentally. But the idea we should deliberately make cities hostile to their residents' desires to get around just seems crazy.

[inimino]

OP’s point was that there are ways to get around besides driving a car.