Physically smaller cars will not make a meaningful dent in traffic, as they still need following distance, still mostly only carry 1 person, and can only shrink so much before you run into limits of human anatomy. They barely even save parking space. They could reverse some of the worst excesses of traffic deaths maybe because you can actually see over the hood and such though.
Public transit, concepts like 15 minute cities, and more biking/micromobility/walking friendly infrastructure are what will actually work. If government won’t do it then they’ve got to go.
Physically smaller cars will not make a meaningful dent in traffic, as they still need following distance, still mostly only carry 1 person, and can only shrink so much before you run into limits of human anatomy. They barely even save parking space. They could reverse some of the worst excesses of traffic deaths maybe because you can actually see over the hood and such though.
Public transit, concepts like 15 minute cities, and more biking/micromobility/walking friendly infrastructure are what will actually work. If government won’t do it then they’ve got to go.