At least in the US people absolutely fucking love their cars.
They will lie about how much they hate them but ask them to actually change their behavior and you get nothing but a litany of excuses.
They will lie about how much they hate them but ask them to actually change their behavior and you get nothing but a litany of excuses.
Since private cars scale badly, you want to encourage people to take other modes, but in order to change behaviour, the alternatives need to be attractive - cycle layouts that are safe, buses and trains that are frequent and reliable, city layouts that don't involve a long drive to buy food. You can't convince people out of taking the rational choice. You have to build it
If you really don’t like cars, you’ll find a way to minimize use of them.
If you really don’t mind cars that much you’ll make up stories about how if buses and trains and bike lanes were more attractive then people would use them more.
I guarantee that if every American city had an ideal bus and train system, people would still find excuses and reasons to justify driving their cars.
My wife rides a bike. In the suburbs.
We chose a home that has grocers, schools, and dining within a walk or bike ride.
We own cars because there are things beyond ~2 miles and transit options aren’t good.
Sadly, doing this usually requires money. Lots of it.
Saying "people love cars" is false. Some people love cars. Those are the ones doing their own work/maintenance/restorations etc and just spending time in the garage with their cars. A few more people love driving, they don't just love cars for their own sake, but they will go and just drive for fun. But most people don't do any of that. They just use cars as part of their boring, routine lives.
You might as well say US people fucking love washing machines or knives and forks.
Yeah, you’re getting it.
Nobody will say they love washing machines but they clearly do. We see it in their actions. Same as with cars. Everything they do tells us that they love cars. They drive comically short distances. They spend money they barely have to buy them.