Better public transit is a goodphrase. In teh citie sin Europe who experimented free public transportation, it benefitted pedestrians and cyclists but car-drivers went on driving their cars. We have today to reduce the use of cars on short distance and in big cities on distances under 20 km. We do need a public transportation system taht is effective and very reliable. But to take the car-drivers out of their damned cars we will have to make it so expensive to use