@futurebird @gbargoud I've been thinking of this too! Driving is objectively incredibly dangerous and stressful yet it's still held up as a luxury to a staggering number of suburbanites.
It's also a huge waste of time compared to pub trans- I don't care how many audiobooks you listen to in a car, most of your brain is focused on not dying, so your ability to actually take in that information, synthesize it, be changed by it, interact with it, enjoy it, etc. is very low, especially compared to someone listening to or reading the same thing on a train.
This all from a lifetime unhappy suburbanite who drives for my job a lot now.