> If the thesis is "cars will approach 50% or greater utilization" then car numbers must drop barring a massive increase in road capacity for which the land does not exist.
You can build stacked roads a few levels up. Capacity doubles or triples without any significant land use.
Amsterdam is very dense because historic reasons. Streets are narrow and houses are the same.
Los Angeles on the other hand was built on virtually unlimited land and could expand a lot. I could say LA County is bigger than the whole of the Netherlands.
Both have their charm, but LA is so much better than Amsterdam.
Yeah, the 405 might suck, but at least the weather is better.
You can build stacked roads a few levels up. Capacity doubles or triples without any significant land use.