Living in Car-Centric Societies Historically, as cities grew the need to
designed primarily around the movement
important. Segregating industrial sectors,
of the Center for Public History at the
organize urban zones became more
green areas, private space, and others, grew in prominence (Miralles-Guasch,
2006, p.49). In order to move throughout the zones, public spaces turned into the roads that connected them (Miralles-
Guasch). This has encouraged the use
of cars by making it a necessary means of travel for many people living in and
around cities. They are convenient, stylish and comfortable. It is easy to understand why many cities in North America are
of cars (Miralles-Guasch). The director
University of Houston wrote that “one half of a modern American city’s land area is dedicated to streets and roads, parking
lots, service stations, driveways, signals and traffic signs, automobile-oriented
businesses, car dealerships, and more�
(Frazer, 2019). Automotive cities result in less built infrastructure for other methods
of transportation such as buses, bike lanes and streetcars.
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