autopia means an urban landscape designed for use by the automobile. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.
autopia is pronounced /ɔːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/.
Why “autopia” is a great word
AUTOPIA — [Noun] An urban landscape whose primary design principle is the efficient accommodation and movement of the private automobile. The word is a blend of auto (short for 'automobile') and utopia (an imagined perfect place). The term originates from the name of a Disneyland amusement park ride and was applied to urbanism by the critic Rayner Banham. Unlike “utopia” (a general vision of social perfection) or “suburbia” (a residential lifestyle), autopia denotes the concrete, asphalted infrastructure of vehicular priority. It is the silent geometry of a multi-level interchange, the uninterrupted horizon of a six-lane arterial, and the parking lot as the primary civic space—a perfected system of circulation that renders the human pedestrian a ghost in its machine.
Etymology
Blend of auto + utopia, name of a Disneyland amusement park ride, applied to urbanism by Rayner Banham
noun
- An urban landscape designed for use by the automobile.