roads designed for cars are massively larger than roads that aren’t made for cars, a standard modern car-centric road would be a pretty major and significant thing for most of human history.
A single standard car lane is a generously wide bike path.
A road is more than a smooth, flat surface. A road that’s designed for cars has to have an extensive roadbed of gravel and soil laid down, as well as a thick base of pavement on which to lay the surface, because of the weight of vehicles. A bike path, or a street where children can play, is comparatively speaking just some asphalt.
Arent roads useful for more things than cars? Biking on a road that is filled with small rocks is not fun
Streets can also allow kids play if there arent cars on them
roads designed for cars are massively larger than roads that aren’t made for cars, a standard modern car-centric road would be a pretty major and significant thing for most of human history.
A single standard car lane is a generously wide bike path.
A road is more than a smooth, flat surface. A road that’s designed for cars has to have an extensive roadbed of gravel and soil laid down, as well as a thick base of pavement on which to lay the surface, because of the weight of vehicles. A bike path, or a street where children can play, is comparatively speaking just some asphalt.
Definitely don’t need streets to play. A couple paved areas for basketball, skating, etc is nice - but that’s just a park.
ish, but without cars you don’t need a 20 lane highway. and streets can also less lanes,