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> Individual transportation has been a staple of civilization for the last few thousand years.

I can't imagine what you mean here by individual transportation. Could you explain a bit more?

>>polyga+(OP)
It is what it says. Buses, trains, and planes are mass transportation - you have to travel with other people and make stops with them. Cars, bikes, and walking are individual transportation - you travel alone and navigate yourself.

geff82's observation that individual transportation is the norm forever is in fact true.

But they fail to notice that making a city more walkable and bikeable - with appropriate paths and distances - also promotes individual transport.