Goes into depth on some of the complexity, with one conclusion that car culture in general is reinforcing for many reasons, including more cars making it more dangerous making cars more attractive.
> Are you suggesting they're a reasonable justification for a $14K annual public subsidy per household (TFA)?
Yes, i would take those numbers with a grain of salt but yes. If you remove roads and cars neither the goods nor people you hire will get to you.
At that point you are left with just leaving for somewhere else and starting the whole 'defund public infrastructure we rely on' campaign all over again - it's shortsighted at best and borderline malicious.
They used to have highways through the city and they destroyed them and prioritized biking and pedestrians. Showing: it can be done.