There are also examples from Europe where mayors have outright banned or drastically reduced access for cars, and won re-election over the complaints of car own

There are also examples from Europe where mayors have outright banned or drastically reduced access for cars, and won re-election over the complaints of car owners. And these aren’t podunk towns either, one of them is Paris. Of course, the counter argument is “but Paris has a good metro system”, to which I say maybe we should fix that.