Yeah that's entirely fair. And maybe unavoidable: the US in particular is SO slanted towards absolute car dominance in most areas, that you end up with this so

Yeah that's entirely fair. And maybe unavoidable: the US in particular is SO slanted towards absolute car dominance in most areas, that you end up with this sort of rhetorical whiplash just by favoring movement towards transportation balance. I've never heard the term "car brain" before you just said it, and yet I know exactly what you're talking about, and that for many people it will be entirely accurate.