"...The people have made their choice - they overwhelmingly prefer cars."
In most American cities they don't HAVE a choice.
Look, no one is trying to take anyone's car away from them, like some have implied. What some of us are saying is most of us would not need them to commute to work, if we had a viable alternative. Our big cities are rapidly becoming unlivable because of automobile induced sprawl, and spending hours every day sitting in a metal box sure isn't good for anyone's physical or mental health either.