[tenacious_tuna]

this is one of the core conceits behind why Strong Towns / Not Just Bikes / urbanism discourse in general makes the disctinction between a "street", which is meant for people to walk along, go to stores/restaurants/etc, and "roads", which are meant to efficiently move traffic from one part of the city to another.

Combining them degrades the ability to address either point: efficiently moving traffic is inherently in conflict with being able to access businesses or having pedestrians nearby.

[notepad0x90]

public transport is more efficient at transporting people than cars, public transport makes roads more walkable. If you have subways, trams and buses, you can have narrower and slower roads friendly to pedestrians.