Figure 10.20 Aerial view of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is a quintessential automobile city. You can discern this by the straight streets that intersect at right angles, and the fact that it sprawls out into the surrounding desert for miles. Only with access to an automobile or another form of transportation such as a bus, train, or subway can an individual truly move about comfortably in such a city. The distances are simply too far to bike or walk. (iStockphoto/Getty Images.)