When state DOTs bring streets through cities, they apply highway standards (above, Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida). (Screenshot via Google Maps) A friend of mine heads an office in the White House. I never see him anymore, except at the occasional black tie design dinner, where he is always good for a couple of gin and tonics as the crowd disperses. At the last such event, he asked me a question. Or maybe he didn't. But I answered it. "What's the number one most important thing that we have to fight for?" I said. "You mean, besides corporations being people and money being speech?" "Besides that." "Well that's easy: 10-foot lanes instead of 12-foot lanes." "Explain." [Keep reading at CityLab]