I don't buy the claim that the only solution is to push cars completely out of the cities. That's not going to work, I'm sure, without offering an equally good

I don't buy the claim that the only solution is to push cars completely out of the cities. That's not going to work, I'm sure, without offering an equally good alternative to the comfort that your own car gives you. Especially with internet shopping eating the lunch of traditional brick and mortar stores. Online shopping offers many advantages in many cases. Cities already have to work really hard to get shoppers back, and of course that requires changing things up. But if the hope is "sure, there's going to be a transitional phase, but people will get used to PT/bikes/walking and inner city shopping will flourish again", I'm afraid that there's a very good chance that this is going to backfire big time.