These electric belts could be run off huge solar electric panels, and there would therefore be no more air pollution. Japan has the most efficient magnetic rail system in the world. Sweden could not afford its nationally supported network of rail travel. Trains are one of the most common forms of travel in Sweden. When the head of the transportation department announced that the train system would be greatly reduced due to lack of funds, he was fired.
Swedes continue to travel by train.
In New York the bicyclists finally managed to have a beautiful series of bicycle trails built throughout the city so that bicycle travel could be safer and more accessible. Shortly after these bike paths were constructed, the motorists decided they didn't like them and voted to have them all converted into roadways for cars. Arcosanti is a futuristic city designed with no cars, and linked to other population centers by various forms of mass transit.