tandempower

It's an open conspiracy, which you and I have discussed many times.

Lyft's share price has been going down since it went public, I've read, and what else explains that besides an investor movement to destroy stocks that interfere with the one-motor-vehicle-per-person economic model?

The car culture is simply a culture of creating and selling debt to fund business. It has caused congestion, environmental land waste, and sprawl; not to mention health hazards, time waste, accidents/injuries, etc. etc. but there are economic interests that are so bent on controlling the maximum amount of debt-paper possible that they will fight against any economic model that doesn't provide them with more contracts for more money and people than the automotive economy has provided them with.

Sorry, but liberation from mandatory driving isn't the only challenge; it's also liberation from car payments, insurance payments, sprawl, and the economic costs of pavement built into all our economic expenses. It should be possible to have a functional multi-modal transportation culture that results in less pavement and less economic burden both. It's not too much to want or expect.