[sergiosgc]

The moment in time you pick for London does not change the picture. Victorian London still didn't have a million souls.

Rome's 1M population is a disputed number. Cities of tens of million inhabitants are all post-industrial and none work solely on mass transit. The car is an essential piece of the equation.

Car-less cities are an interesting thought experiment, but none has gone past the implementation barrier. That part of the equation should go into the though experiment.

[icebraining]

> Victorian London still didn't have a million souls.

Can you provide a link? I'm either confused about what "Victorian" or "London" mean, because it seems to me that metro London definitely had over 1M people in the late 19th century.

[tonyedgecombe]

Pre-war London had a population of 8 million and cars were strictly for the wealthy.