It's time for America to join the European nations in their willingness to examine the overall interface of land use and people use through master planning. We need to design our communities with public parks, public transportation and bicycle ways, walking distance access to shopping and retail districts, green ways to provide habitat for wildlife, rainwater infiltration areas, urban and community farms for access to locally grown foods, and other such initiatives, which improve public health, reduce reliance on cars, improve safety for kids, provide widespread educational opportunities, and overall create places that are pleasant to live. Could we please try this? American cities, such as Portland, OR, and Chicago, IL have already taken some of this on, with great success. Let's expand on it!