I agree wholeheartedly that we should do everything possible to prioritize mass transit, walkability, and biking, allow remote work, and minimize car use.

But. In the US we've spend the last CENTURY designing our cites around urban sprawl. Like it or not, that's where many of our homes are and where people live.

You're simply NOT going to solve existing sprawl with mass transit--especially in western cities and towns. Look at LA. They've been building mass transit and light rail for decades... and it only serves about 1% of its total population.

And even if we collectively decided upon such a massive reorganization of our society and started it today, it would still take decades to roll out and complete.

We need solutions today.

As such, some form of personal transportation must exist. And if so, then it benefits everyone to make it as efficient, and as clean, as possible.