The raft of anti-automobile measures taking place in true-blue areas are facing backlash already. People talk a big game about phasing out cars and forcing peop

The raft of anti-automobile measures taking place in true-blue areas are facing backlash already. People talk a big game about phasing out cars and forcing people to take public transit or ride bicycles, but once those measures start to directly affect people the backlash is significant. Losing street parking makes business owners angry, losing a lane on your commute because it was converted to a bike lane no one seems to ever use causes a lot of resentment. I can also see a lot of middle class people becoming angry about the fact that if they want an automobile they have to pay for a more expensive electric car - perhaps even making it unaffordable. Then they realize this is by design because their leaders want to force them to take public transportation. It can be argued that these measures ultimately need to happen, but it really seems like the strategy is to make the automobile experience worse and the backlash from ordinary citizens can't be diminished or dismissed.