I’m in Toronto Canada and it’s a very car dependent landscape unfortunately and honestly I’m a little jealous seeing European places and how nice they are with their rich history. Meanwhile here in Ontario we have quadruple-carriageways and stroads lined with strip malls and big-box stores with their expansive parking lots. Unless you’re with friends, going outside can be pretty bleak to the eye.
My ideal town would be as such
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a car-free and dense downtown area with rowhouses and condo units above cafes and shops
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lots of trees and greenery
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traditional architectural design
What would you think for yours?
In practice, transit only works in sufficiently dense neighborhoods. It is either not economical or not frequent enough in typical North American suburbs. Bike lanes work in suburbia: you place them in roads where the speed and frequency of car traffic is currently discouraging would-be cyclists.
Bike lanes cost pennies and you offen don’t need to take any car lanes away because you can simply paint the existing car lanes a little narrower.