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> walking or cycling cannot cover the distance that a powered vehicle can

The whole point is that in a dense city, you don't need to cover a long distance. 75% of car trips in NYC are under 5 miles, which is an easy distance to cycle with proper infrastructure.

> 75% of car trips in NYC are under 5 miles

What % of people who work in NYC have a commute to work of under 5 miles?

>Higher density living conditions results in conditions that significantly increase transmission of diseases

Oh, I guess this is why low-density Florida and Texas are doing so well with Coronavirus, and all those super-dense Asian cities are having a tough time managing it.

Of course, if people are super dense between the ears disease transmission starts becoming more of a hazard. General population density evidently has little to do with it.

Surely Paris and Hong Kong would be drowning in COVID compared to the US if that was the case :-)

... all else being equal