[thegreattait]

I dissagree with your last statement I think geography plays a very large role in how auto centric a city is.

Geography such as mountains on one side and an ocean on the other creates a limited amount of highly desirable land which means high land cost which means more dense living accomodations and work environments.

When you have more dense environments it more readily supports increased mass rapid transit, thus it effects how auto centric a city is.


There are many other factors but geography plays a major role.

Also geology can play a large role as well. Prairie land is easy to build roads on, Rocky mountains are not, thus less roads, less cars.