But if you live near a place that has grown up with high-density public transport use and pedestrian priority, the real question is why would you drive your own

But if you live near a place that has grown up with high-density public transport use and pedestrian priority, the real question is why would you drive your own car 15 minutes to the store when 3 of them are within 15 minutes walk of your front door. (in my case roughly 4 min, 11 min and 13 min respectively by foot according to google for my nearest 3 big grocery stores). Trying to turn car based suburbia into a car free zone is admittedly an almost lost cause, but that's a bit of a misnomer. The real argument is to establish the city-design as one that is not car centric, not to convert a car-centric design into a car-free zone.