People spend $40,000 (plus $1200 / year on insurance, and $2,000 / year on gas) on a car to drive to work at 30 mph due to traffic instead of spending $600 to ride an e-bike to work at 30 mph.

I'm not saying this to be smug; my office is 23 miles away, I go there 2x a week, it takes a full hour. I drive by myself and look around at all the other cars with one person in them.