I think that the middle ground is actually what "the anti-car people" have been pushing lately. The anti-car people that I know (that includes me) don't want to

I think that the middle ground is actually what "the anti-car people" have been pushing lately. The anti-car people that I know (that includes me) don't want to take your car away and watch the world burn, they mostly want you to have only one car per family, better electric than ICE, reasonably sized, to keep it out of the city center and only use it for longer travel on routes that are inconvenient on public transport. That's a middle ground that makes a lot of sense to me (avid and competent driver, but stressed out and disillusioned road user and car owner).