Road design, transportation and walkability

[tomh009]

Recreation is great, no one would argue with that. But it's limited. The question, though, is: can you live your life without a car? Walking and biking should be usable as primary means of transportation, not just as recreation.

It's not quite walk/bicycle vs car as the only options.

• Car
  
• Motorcycle (or scooter)
  
• Bicycle
  
• Walking
  
• Transit
  
• Taxi/Uber
  

Depending on where you live, some of these may not be feasible, such as small/remote communities without local stores. But, even then, you could work within walking distance, bicycle to some places and take a taxi once in a while. It's really a continuum.