>>1147401They've repeated that exact mantra for decades, yet city centers still died because the suburban flight simply started frequenting closeby mega malls instead of driving all the way into the city.
Meanwhile cities that have told cars to fuck off, such as those in the Netherlands, are bustling with life because you don't need to reserve most of the public space for cars and can live close enough to get around by other means. More space for humans, better air, less noise. That's how you make cities more liveable. Not by funneling even more satellite traffic into them.