>>1848500>also cities are much more left leaning (on average) and therefore tend to be more in favor of policy in favor of the collective rather than for individualsThat's not really describing city politics, it's that when you combine the poor/underclass/blacks that will vote for handouts and an upper-middle class that will vote liberal for their own reasons (they do not use transit themselves) is enough to cause cities to reliably lean blue. Only a small minority would even use terms like "collectivist" and are the ones that are actually in favor of reducing car use.
In practice what this means is what you actually get...token bike lanes for the yuppies, transit for the underclass, and freeways for everyone else.
