[northerdome]

I think your comment is solely calling out Americans' singular focus on cars as transit but I wanted to make a tangentially related point that Americans care deeply about accessibility. ADA has cemented accessibility into the core of public spaces. Driving is much easier to navigate in many ways than public transit for those with many mobility disabilities. And many American companies (many mentioned in this thread) strive to provide quality experiences to users with disabilities.

I remember being shocked the first time I went to Europe that if you were in a wheel chair you couldn't access 90% of building. Even new ones. Also good luck navigating their subways and train stations.

[dmitriid]

> the first time I went to Europe that if you were in a wheel chair you couldn't access 90% of building. Even new ones. Also good luck navigating their subways and train stations.

All I can say is `wat?`

But probably depends on which part of Europe, too. Most of the Northern Europe I've seen, you can access pretty much everything and every train and subway station is equipped with a wheelchair-accessible elevator.

Some parts of Europe may have old infrastructure that can't be easily retrofitted. London's subway has stations that are not wheelchair accessible, and accessibility is always marked on the map: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf