I'm in NYC too, and you're overstating how bad the public transit is here. It's still better than anything else in the entire country, and it runs 24/7. And t

I'm in NYC too, and you're overstating how bad the public transit is here. It's still better than anything else in the entire country, and it runs 24/7. And the thing about driving is, the city is simply too dense for everyone to do it. Everyone actually cannot choose to drive; there's simply not enough room to do so. And the same amount of street space can serve way more people as sidewalk, bike lane, and bus lane as it can travel lane for single occupancy vehicles, so we need to prioritize the former and deprioritize the latter. See e.g. the 8th Ave redesign by Penn Station: https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/8th-ave-cb4-jun2019.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/8th-ave-cb4-jun2... In particular, pay attention to page 9, which shows that 85% of the users of the space are pedestrians, yet 70% of it was given to vehicles. If more of those 85% of people "chose" to walk, it'd be complete standstill gridlock for hours long. Hell, it was already close to that bad already with just 15% of users driving.