Automobility enervates, because more cars mean more congestion, less mobility

IN NOVEMBER 2004, the journal Nature published a research paper tracing how endurance running was linked to the evolution of our species. Two scientists had analyzed hominid fossils, and found endurance running unique to humans among primates as well as most quadruped mammals. They compared hominid fossils with skeletons of the genus Homo, and argued that endurance running played a crucial role in the survival and evolution of our species. It provided the mobility for a greater range for food and shelter.
Mobility increases opportunities. It only became more crucial with civilization. Travellers and traders exchanged scientific knowledge and food crops between different peoples, providing the building blocks of our world. Horses, camels and bullocks, and then ships and railways, took the potato from Peru to all parts of the world, making it a staple. Urban life is built on mobility. In today