Portugal's infrastructure minister gets it:

“If we simply replace all combustion cars with electric cars, we will end up with the same kind of congestion, the same huge amount of lost time in traffic, the same unsustainable levels of road accidents, and the same struggle for public space."

“The car overwhelmed city life and it is something that must change.”

https://www.euractiv.com/section/electric-cars/news/shift-to-electric-vehicles-will-not-solve-urban-transport-woes-says-portuguese-minister/

Electric vehicle shift alone will not solve urban transport woes, says Portuguese minister

A shift to collective transport is needed to reverse the dominance of cars in cities and reach our decarbonisa

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@davidzipper
Provide a network of comfortable busses. NOT HIGH CAPACITY Greyhound type busses, but comfortable busses like JetBus, or “cama” three seat across busses used in South America.

Repurpose portions of urban shopping malls to be bus terminals.

Apply Amazon, FedEx, UPS, logistic technology to effectively transport people in comfort

Use GoogleMap data, to establish how people are currently traveling on a day to day basis and apply it to provide effective public trans.