Good infrastructure integrates into life without having to think about it. I think in scandic countries it is generally pretty good at this.
But it's such a pain in the ass until it's done
The track will be about a kilometre from my place, but that is considered walking distance in Finland :) One good thing for us is while it will create some traffic disruption in the area, we will be relatively unscathed as we have several ways out. If we were at our old place---- nightmare.
Some places here are better than others. Phoenix put in a 'light rail' and are on phase 3 or maybe 4. They've really worked to try to keep the disruptions down. They are near to having all the major sports venues covered so park and ride is a serious thing.
San Diego just screwed the Pooch, but it's pretty nice now.
One of the challenges in Finland is that the winters are so long and a lot of the infrastructure can't be built in those temperatures - this means that the spring and summer periods are "roadwork season". The local issue where I am is that the city is positioned on a narrow "bridge" between two very large lakes and there are only a few roads in on either side. This means that when there are roadworks on one or two of them, it can get blocked fast.
However, it is getting much better as they have built a bypass on one side over a lake and a tunnel on the other that skips the narrow city areas. Before the tunnel, living where I am was terrible with the traffic. Finnish terrible, not global standard terrible :) - My sister lives in Sydney, so I don't complain about traffic too much.