If you look at it superficially - everything is people transport - it can look hypocritical. But the issue is with the externalities each of those apparently eq

If you look at it superficially - everything is people transport - it can look hypocritical. But the issue is with the externalities each of those apparently equivalent decisions create. Cars and trains are certainly not that similar beyond "transporting people". A drug den isn't a hospital just because drugs are administered there. A diesel and an EV are not the same just because they only differ in fuel source. You treat them differently, you try to encourage the positive externalities and discourage the negative ones. Some people have seen it coming a long time ago that as a society we are encouraging cars and their infrastructure too much and among other things we're giving up some (maybe too much?) individual freedom in favor of them. And wouldn't you know it, a century later we're aiming at making cities walkable again, even banning cars entirely in some areas, as proof that society is realizing those concerns weren't at all hypocritical.