LA county and the adjoining counties are roughly the same size as the Kanto Plain around Tokyo. The main difference is that Tokyo rebuilt their street car lines as heavy rail instead of turning them into automobile arterials.
And Tokyo does have highways and large streets, they just aren't in constant gridlock because people have other options (not to mention many other factors at play in Japanese car-ownership).
Tokyo was so relaxing. Greater Tokyo has the same population as the entire state of CA and yet was so quiet.
Tokyo was so relaxing. Greater Tokyo has the same population as the entire state of CA and yet was so quiet.