Been googling nonstop but I dont fuking get it, correct me if I'm wrong: Public transport is cheaper for society so why don't people use it? Because not a lot of people use it that drives up costs and it becomes expensive, quality and coverage suffers too, making the problem even worse. And even pouring a ton of money into public transport is not enough to make people switch, so taxing them more seems to be the only way for them to get their shit together.

All I find is braindead neantherthal takes like:
>huhr I'm a salesman I need to drive so many places!!
>duhr you can't put a trailer on a bus!!

Only a minority needs a car on the regular, for rare needs they can be rented. For people that really really need/want them exceptions can be made. Really you only need the taxes to transition away from cars, once they are gone you can make them cheap again, or even better you can just threaten people that taxes will go up in a year if they don't get off the road, and you won't even have to raise taxes at all.