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I don't think the "more transit actually helps drivers by making the roads less crowded" theory actually holds up in reality, because no one actually wants to be the one who gives up driving for a less comfortable and convenient means of travel. Everyone thinks someone else will be the one who takes their car off the road, and in reality no one ends up doing so except ideologues and dirt-poor people who were just about priced out of driving anyways. You end up with empty trams and fewer driving lanes with the same amount of traffic as ever.