Cars need roads and parking space, those take away other people's chance to have a quiet, safe, pleasant city center just as much.
It's not a matter of one side being authoritarian, there's conflicting interests.
It's not a matter of one side being authoritarian, there's conflicting interests.
Cities can be changed: in Utrecht, Netherlands they removed an entire motorway to restore the old moat and a more pedestrian / bicycle friendly environment ( https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/motorway-remov... ). Many cities ban cars from the city center, restrict them to 30 km/h or one way streets, or make parking prohibitively expensive.
People come to cities because of all the other people there, not because there are so many parking lots.
Wait...these are rights now?
Who do I sue for not having any of these?