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by lproven 1085 days ago
> Cities don't use public transport,people do.

Straw man argument. Nobody is saying they do.

> the personal transport choices made by individuals

Also fallacious; people's choices are constrained by the options available to them. If you live somewhere with excellent public transport, as I have most of my life in the 3 major cities I've inhabited and indeed most of those I've visited for work or pleasure, you have more choice. You can choose to drive, or to ride a bike, or to ride pubtrans.

If there is no pubtrans, or little and inconvenient, then you are being deprived of choice, deprived of diversity of options: the result is a car monoculture.

You are attempting to argue the inverse of the position you claim. I don't know why.