I feel sorry for them. But then again, this is what they want.
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They oppose making parking expensive.
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They oppose bus lanes
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They oppose bike lanes.
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They oppose trains
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They oppose train stations.
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They oppose congestion pricing.
They oppose any measure that might reduce car dependency.
There is a french graphic novel from 1974 where the story is exactly that: people spend so much of their live in the car that the government device to just transform the whole country into a giant highway with oriole living in self driving car constantly moving.
There is a reddit post with the whole album there : https://www.reddit.com/r/Giscardpunk/comments/11e2kme/les_mangebitume_jacques_lob_et_josé_bielsa_1974/
Goodness. Fucking. Gracious.
Makes perfect sense.