So one thing I have seen people ask is how do we go from the current state of American Cities to a Walkable utopia or whatever, well its simple. Advocacy and working with your community. Make transit an issue, show your elected officials that you want your city to have a light rail line, demand that they redesign unsafe roads, attend the community input meetings kn the redesign of main street so the pro bike lane voice doesn't get shut down. It's dirty and it's procedural and it's incremental, but change does happen if you show up and fight for it
Also for the love of God vote in your local elections, there are probably pro transit or walkability candidates running and the margins of local elections can often be a few dozen people. Having a good city council can seriously change your city for the better
More intercity (AKA interurban) rail would help.
I agree, and you can get that through advocacy and voting to make it clear to your state legislature that they should use the infrastructure act funds that are currently available to open a new rail line like is currently in the works in Minnesota and Colorado
