This is a gigantic strawman. Having some limited car free areas like downtown cores has nothing to do with free travel. There are already plenty of areas you ar

This is a gigantic strawman. Having some limited car free areas like downtown cores has nothing to do with free travel. There are already plenty of areas you aren’t allowed to drive. And car-free areas can make a downtown area so much more pleasant, for example Mountain View closed down just a few blocks on one street in its downtown and that alone makes it 10x better to visit.