If mobility is “The ability to travel where you want when you want”
Then success is measured in terms of vehicle miles traveled – the more movement, the better.
But is having to drive further to work and further to shop really a desirable strategy? And is having congested roads proof of success in getting more people mobile?
If the car is indeed the ultimate in mobility why then is a common response to “Hey do you want to go see such and such?” “Nah, too much traffic and parking is a pain.” For an example there is evolution of the movie industry, theaters are losing to video rental places and video rental is losing to Red Box and other methods that require little to no travel time.
So this hints that the solution in getting people to what they want when they want it is like in the Dune novels in order to travel further we need to fold space to get our destinations closer to where we are. So modern mobility is stressing less miles traveled and looking at land use patterns. And I will assert that the indicator of getting land use right is when cycling is more common place as when distances required to do what we want when we want are within easy biking distances then true mobility has been archived.
Inspiration and graphic from: https://discoveringurbanism.blogspot.com/2010/02/from-mobility-to-accessibility.htmloldId.20100211133338812