Because the highways are built to the places where people and jobs are?
replyOnce you build anything of significance, a highway gets built to it anyway.
In London that is difficult – there is not a lot of space.
replyPlus the idea of having everything within a 15 minute walk including access to public transport.
highway != public transport
replyAnd pollution from bus or tram is much easier to control. Looking at you petrolheads who like to "Rolling coal"
Yes but in London you are never far from a highway you cannot get away from them.
replyIn London now many if not most buses are electric.