America is low density because it provides incentives for low density living. The solution, in short, is to remove those incentives. Once the costs of current land use patterns are undistorted, society will adjust, and land use will intensify.

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/15/financing-subu...

https://granolashotgun.com/2016/08/31/a-thousand-hidden-subs...

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/8/a-utah-republic...

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/18/highway-spendi...