Development of economically sustainable places for people

Looking at history, prosperity is created when many people work together while not needing more than is created. This surplus of wealth and resources can be used for the betterment of the urban environment. Dense urban living provides a place for many people that create wealth, while using little space, requiring less infrastructure to connect people, therefore reducing spending.

Simply put, it is about how well-connected people are, how much they earn and how much they spend. Cars promised to connect us and enable us to drive anywhere fast, but as demand has risen exponentially because of a lack of public transport alternatives and generous government subsidies for something ineffective in the city, we are now stuck together in traffic jams. Every tool has its purpose. Cars are great at connecting people from sparsely populated areas to dense urban environments, but they are terrible at providing the necessary throughput in densely populated and industrialized areas, where the wealth of our nation is created.

We should plan dense cities because they provide the economic foundation for a richer, more sustainable environment. In a high population density environment cars are a terrible mode of transportation because of space requirements and lack of throughput. Rail based public transport can transport 30 - 60 times as many people as car-based transport.

Additionally, trains could be automated to reduce labor requirements and ensure around the clock transportation. This would provide a much more cost-effective and user-friendly transport experience in a city than cars ever could.