&gt; London and New York are built for people<p>And people drive cars. So all cities are built for people. (Or did you think the cars drove around for fun on their own?)<p>The actual difference is they are simply very large cities. So they can afford transit that would be impossible in smaller cities.<p>You can not replicate what they do in other cities that are not as large (large measured in population density mainly).<p>There is nothing unique about their design other than being large. They have the same level of roads as any other city.<p>(And personally I have zero desire to walk anywhere, and I hate living in dense crowded cities. So I avoid living in - or even going to - cities that promote either of those things.)