motopia
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
motopia (plural motopias)
- A city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.
- 1967, Robert W. Prehoda, Designing the Future: The Role of Technological Forecasting, page 110:
- Underground homes of varying size could be placed around the edge of the open spaces in a motopia area.
- 2012, Fumihiko Maki, Mark Mulligan, Nurturing Dreams: Collected Essays on Architecture and the City, page 103:
- As long as freeways function smoothly, this city is the closest thing to a motopia.