If you truly believe the studies, then turn in you driver license and take a natural gas Bus after all its safer that a car or a bicycle. Here is a thought. Most of the person who either did the studies or help in the research in all good wisdom own there own homes with the air conditioning, commute to work over a distance work in a building with air conditioning and at a whim will get into there cars to go somewhere. As far as studies goes you write a study the way the person pays you the way he wants it. Case in point Lucis vs. South Carolina. Had bought two lots to build a house on both. He hired a survey company to make sure this could be done. The report came back positive. He built a home on the first parcel and waited to build on the second one a year or so later. Meanwhile the State South Carolina decided they want it for open space and hired the very same company the Mr. Lucis did. The report came back in the negative. This went all the way up to the U. S. Supreme Court, the court took one look at it and ruled in favor of Mr. Lucis. So you can see the danger of the abuse of power.

As for me I ride a peddle power trike, have drive free days and swelter in the heat rather that use air conditioning for venous reasons. I also try to work in my community to get better walking paths. That it in a nut shell.

Even in Amsterdam they have freeways, big box stores and people who commute. So if you want the perfect world buy the novel.