On the topic of cars/public transportations: Indeed I have seen an interesting document of how americans has been conditioned to worship the car (with constant PR propoganda from the car industry), instead of just see it as a practical device, ignores the practically of public transportation because the big status a car has for them.
Even cities like NY which is by an large the best eco-friendly inner city in the world in premise. Getting praised in how its the modern metropolitan in that there is no real transport time between the work place and the community (the ideal environmental friendly set-up). Because in a bit of a Utopia-esque urban way, unlike any other city, people work very near to where they live (or at times the exact neighbourhood). To the point they can walk there, take their bicycle, or take a quick subway to it. But despite this very ideal and greatly practical environmental set-up (not many has this set-up, China tries to do so half-heartedly, now they have big problem with pollution because everyone lives miles away from where they work in big cities, hours long drives to work etc), they are still part of the national mentality of stigmatizing public transport and idolizing the personalized car that is almost perceived to be part of you.
In other parts of the US though, I have heard some weird scenarios of people being basically in house arrest unless they have a car. Your country being as big as it is, but still having big parts of it not having any decent regular public transportation, means people are hugely Dependant on driving to achieve their basic needs, or otherwise they are immobile and geographically handicapped. Found it really odd (and weirdly fascinating) to hear of constant scenarios like that in whats supposes to be the Worlds most developed country (hear big ass California is the worst, you cant go anywhere if you dont have a car).
Dont need to compare to Europe because you can guess how efficient it is in most of western europe (but not in Italy apparently, but then again Italy has one of the worst infrastructures in western europe, not just public transportation, but they have so poor daycare/kindergarden services, that young families must chose between taking care of their children at home, or their work...). But a personal example is this, I can be lazy enough to not have drivers license or even think about it because in my whole life (should mention I am 24), I havent had a single scenario where I was forced to think "damn, I need to go here or there, but I cant, I need a car!". Where ever I would want to go in the whole country (or the continent too in a way) is easily accessible to me, that I havent had the need to see cars as big need or have direct practical use for it. Ofcourse many people drive cars here too, for obvious reasons. Its good for personal freedom and is fun luxury etc, but the main use of it of being as practical as it was intended to when invented, but on the contrary there is no real incentive to get one if you live in a country that has the public transportation that for example Sweden has. Is the reason I know many people who dont have a drivers license or think of it much (me included, even if I am just now after 6 years of being eligible to get one, is training for to get one, for work related stuff).
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