Roads are directly linked to the ability of the people to live the American Dream. Roads linking the city to the suburb made the suburb not just a haven for the rich, but for the middle class as well. We are able to have our cake and eat it too. Democracy Democracy is rule for the people, by the people. For something in a democratic society to be legitimate or powerful, it must have the support of the majority.
People living in edge cities, or suburbs, depend on the automobile.
It is a way of life. An American way of life. The very existence of such suburbs, and to many the achievement of the American Dream, was made possible by the roads and cars that link them to the city. Thus, in the U.S., mass transit refers not to the subways or light rail, but to the masses of people that get in their cars and take to the roads each day at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. America, in cultural parlance, is the democracy.