I think it’s more than the city is not well laid out for most people to use public transport.

I live in Melbourne, and it is the same thing here (except that our public transport is better). I can live car free, but don’t begrudge those who choose not to.

What I do begrudge though, are the people voting for more roads and car-centric infrastructure. We should be building zero new car roads.

At most upgrades of intersections to make them work better. We need to be making it convenient enough for most people NOT to get in their car.