> Governments should be working on multi-generational scales. Not "fads" of what people want because they saw it in a movie or they grew up with it.

If the people disagree with you, then you're not talking about democracy, you're talking about "benevolent" authoritarianism ("we know what's good for you, and that's what you're going to get, like it or not").

Just be clear what you're really advocating for.

When you pan out, walkable neighborhoods are at the multi generational scale — car centric suburbia is the fad.