[burmer]

Ironically, people do kind of do this, with discussions about traffic, except that nobody benefits. Everyone wants to drive, and no one wants to be stuck in traffic. Restrictions on driving like tolls or special driving zones, bus lanes, etc. all seem to meet the same kinds of headwinds in the US. Maybe this is too far of a stretch for a connection, but your comment got me thinking.

[TulliusCicero]

Well, yes. Americans have sort of a brain block when it comes to driving vs any other mode of transportation.

It’s at least partially rational, though: usually non-car transportation is hilariously impractical wherever they currently live, and also wherever they’ve lived in the past.

The struggle is to get people to see what could be possible when they have minimal to no experience with it.