In places with good public transport they already play a much smaller role - people just don’t need them. IMO you don’t push people out of car by taxing and restricting them - you pull people onto public transport by providing it in good quality.
Another thing. There is a use-case where you need to carry two adults and 2-3 children and a lot of luggage/shopping, all together. And because the city is not perfectly designed, they need to do that several times a week. It’s a very common use-case, and cars are designed to be perfect for it. That’s presumably the reason cars are the way they are. Pushing those people onto buses or bicycles would cause them huge difficulty, for not much environmental gain. The problem is that cars are used for a lot of other use-cases where they are not suitable, due to lack of public transport or disposable income or other things.
They definitely need to play a smaller role.
In places with good public transport they already play a much smaller role - people just don’t need them. IMO you don’t push people out of car by taxing and restricting them - you pull people onto public transport by providing it in good quality.
Another thing. There is a use-case where you need to carry two adults and 2-3 children and a lot of luggage/shopping, all together. And because the city is not perfectly designed, they need to do that several times a week. It’s a very common use-case, and cars are designed to be perfect for it. That’s presumably the reason cars are the way they are. Pushing those people onto buses or bicycles would cause them huge difficulty, for not much environmental gain. The problem is that cars are used for a lot of other use-cases where they are not suitable, due to lack of public transport or disposable income or other things.