You could also just have actual public transit in cities so that car ownership isn't mandatory for all residents. NYC is pretty much the only metro area in the

You could also just have actual public transit in cities so that car ownership isn't mandatory for all residents. NYC is pretty much the only metro area in the US that fits this criteria, and thats entirely because it was the only city built up to reasonable density and scale before the postwar racist zoning laws came into effect everywhere else.