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If you look at vehicle miles traveled per capita, the US is around 2x that of major Western European countries, and nearly 4x that of Japan:

You do know that the population density of the US is a fraction of that of the countries that you're comparing it to, right?

Yes, and I also know this means that the US can spread out within metro areas, not that it must spread out. Did you know that?

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