[dlisboa]

That's probably more of an issue in the US. Not that commuting doesn't pollute, but in other countries a great part of the daily commute is done by public transportation or much more carbon efficient personal transportation (scooters, bicycles, etc).

[aequitas]

You’ve probably never heard of the poster child of livable cities, the Netherlands, where almost everyone still owns a car and drives to work every day. Traffic jams are now growing even worse then pre COVID[0]. Lack of proper (investment in) public transport is still a major issue for everyone living or working outside of the big cities. And due to the density of our country it has a major impact on nature here.

[0] https://www.anwb.nl/verkeer/nieuws/nederland/2023/juli/filez...

[smcleod]

It’s a problem in Australia as well, our public transport is pretty poor and roads congested.

[supertrope]

A lot of Anglosphere countries have followed the lead of the United States with spending trillions on automobile infrastructure and suburbs. Eisenhower modeled highways on the German autobahn.

[shric]

Indeed, after 25 years of work (15 in Australia, 5 in Singapore, 5 in Malaysia) I've never driven to work except during work trips to the US where I had to rent a car.

At various times it's been train, bus, cycling, walking.

[RestlessMind]

Not sure what countries you have been to. But a lot of non-US countries rely heavily on your own vehicle. India is the best example, where public transportation is even worse than the US.

[BlargMcLarg]

Outside of cities, the car reigns supreme in practically every developed country. Including the ones people love to bring forward as 'counterexamples' to car culture.