If there's a war on cars in the USA then the cars have won

Every American understands the phrase “war on cars”, including the ones hearing it for the first time. Cities fight over every reallocation of street space: a protected bike lane, a bus lane, parking converted into parklets. At stake in these fights is an inherited premise: that a car is how an American arrives at adulthood, independence, and economic mobility. Yet fewer people are claiming it: in…