Comment by immibis

FYI in some cities, replacing a car with public transport is an improvement. Don't have to find parking. There isn't enough parking for everyone in any city that didn't massively overbuild parking. Cars are physically huge.

Also don't have to be sober to go home from the bar. I'm convinced ubiquitous public transport (especially on Friday and Saturday all night) informed German drinking culture.

Similarly you can go from point A to B to C to D to A without having to go back to B to get your big metal box and drag it to D. Exploring the city is way easier. If you've never experienced the freedom of walking around a city designed to be walked around... you should, that's a pretty basic life experience and it's weird how the US government has blocked it from you.