Car centered cities and infrastructure is the root of the problem. The west sprawls cities out to make room for roads, highways, and parking, which basically excludes us from using any other form of transportation. We can’t even afford to run good public transportation because of the cost of maintaining the car based infrastructure. Sorry, but there is no good replacement for ICE cars except to become more like Japan or Norway and getting rid of car dependency.<br><br>True freedom is being able to walk or quickly bus or shuttle to anything or anywhere, and not having to spend a chunk of your income on owning a car.<br><br>And at the end of the day, you’re expending SO much energy to move 4000lbs vehicles around every time you go anywhere, even getting freakin your lunch or groceries. It’s so insane.