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> First of all, this article is about San Francisco

My comment wasn't. These rants about getting rid of cars are evergreen, and they always ignore the same issues.

NY for example is exactly like your comment - you can do just fine there without a car. But there are only about 10-15 cities like that in the US.

> Medium cities are just like the big cities except without the metro system. Trams and busses are just as good and effective

Only if the population density is high. Otherwise there is not enough demand for constant service.

> Very small towns and don't need public transport because it takes 10 minute to cross them by foot.

Have you ever been in the US? It can take 20 minutes by car to cross a small city because they are very spread out.

The whole reason to live in a small city is so you get a lot of land. No one is interested in living in a small village type city which is small (in population) but you only get small piece of land - cities like that are dying constantly in the US because people don't want to live there.