Watch the video and you'll see, there was no other goal than free flowing traffic. Cities balance competing demands of hundreds if not more issues. The shiny visions of the future through the eyes of the 1950s, saw one purpose...and they excised the center of cities to do so, and all that complexity that goes with it.
Something tells me that behind the production of this sort of propaganda, you'll find the likes of Standard Oil, Firestone Tires, GM, and the usual gang. In the end, we traded urban congestion on city streets, the kind that populates city centers and patronizes small and local businesses, for this:
Where is your freedom and independence the car was supposed to bring to you now that you're stuck in this?
ht: Will.
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That video is so bothersome. The happiness that they demolished the point district to build the freeways, is just terrible.
I agree. People in the US (and in Texas especially) have this strange fear of anything communal, public, or "socialized," so if you take their car away, they feel as if they've entered some sort of fascist society. What they don't realize is how much our dependence on cars is controlled by the local and federal governments - insurance, laws, emissions standards, etc. On top of this, you're constantly tied down by the car because of loan payments, maintenance, insurance costs, and traffic congestion. I'd rather have access to good public transit and walkable spaces.
"On top of this, you're constantly tied down by the car because of loan payments, maintenance, insurance costs, and traffic congestion."
The #1 reason I gave up on personal automobile ownership.
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