It shouldn't be all black and white (either 100% car use or 100% public transport use).

If you're rural - of course this probably doesn't apply.

If you're suburban - "park and ride" type of thing solves a lot of problems in western Europe already. Drive to nearest hub, hop on a train (that is included in your parking ticket) that has bigger bandwidth comparable up to a 30 lane highway[1], also don't worry about parking in dense downtown as a benefit.

If you're urban, city planners should plan public transport network dense enough so you could walk - at worst do "park and ride" thing again.

Of course there are cases where car still may be fastest and most convenient way to reach your destination (e.g. if you're suburban and need to go to other suburban town), but in big cities (individual) car travel should be a minority.

Compare Japan's, China's mega cities. Whole countries like Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, to LA, SF or other USA's mega cities. It just falls to the Onion trope of `'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens`.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_capacity#/media/File:Pas...