I understand the spirit of what you're saying, but productivity and quality of life is a many faceted debate. There are a ton of factors in here: 1. If everyo

I understand the spirit of what you're saying, but productivity and quality of life is a many faceted debate. There are a ton of factors in here: 1. If everyone drives the neighborhoods are spread out/less dense and filled with loud, dangerous, locally air polluting cars and their tires. 2. Cars are stressful to drive and lead to road rage. 3. Can't work while you drive a car, but can on trains and some subways. But at least can read, entertain yourself. I agree with you and OP that this all comes at a higher commute time cost, but concluding it's open and shut on quality of life. I personally think the anti-car movement should be focused on cities where we should reduce traffic within city cores and invest in shared electric bikes/various forms of non-car transit.