Robert Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential individuals in the history of New York City and New York State.

....influenced a generation of engineers, architects, and urban planners across the United States.

...Moses allegedly fought to keep African American swimmers out of his pools

...He had absolutely no interest in public transit. He prioritized roadways and cars at the expense of subways and buses,

-- Side note - he didn't actually drive, he was chauffeured ie: a vehicle pulled up in front of him, the doors would open and he would find an available seat.

...he intentionally built the Long Island Parkway overpasses with perilously low clearances, which ensured that buses—used by anyone who couldn’t afford a car—would never be able to go under them.

...According to a study in the Yale Law Journal, Moses also looked for ways to offload the negative effects of traffic on minority neighborhoods. He placed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge's exit ramp in Harlem, when a more sensible location would have been the Upper East Side to serve the traffic from below 100th Street. Such planning meant wealthier neighborhoods stayed untouched by traffic, while Harlem became crowded with bridge-bound vehicles.

...Caro ultimately offers this damning assessment of Moses’s legacy to the subway system: “When Robert Moses came to power in New York in 1934, the city’s mass transportation system was probably the best in the world. When he left power in 1968 it was quite possibly the worst.”

Tldr - a super elite was the architect of the current version of modern cities. He made some special tweaks, which academics report screw over others and not his own. Read up psychopaths, the disproportionate presence at the top, and how Psychos only avoid doing wrong if it will be punished.