Its not meant to be enjoyable, or fast, or efficient, or anything but profitable for auto manufacturers. Thats it. That’s what the pillar of transport in our society was designed for.

No shit. My car is involved in nearly aspect of my life. Which is terror inducing, expensive, and time consuming. I saved thousands of dollars over the pandemic because I didn’t have to drive. No gas, canceled car insurance, and didn’t renew my plates. Easily saved me 10k. (and my car is a rust bucket. People with a car note must have to drive just to get their money’s worth.)

I’ve made an effort since I’ve lived on my own to live somewhere with good walkablity / public transit availability for my personal time, often at the expense of my commute to work. I’m now at a happy balance having settled in a medium-sized town with great walk- and bikeability, and I have my shortest commute ever of 9 miles. Unfortunately there isn’t a public transit option that I can take to get to work, but it is bikeable.

I guess the only stock traffic photo they could find is from the 1950s.