Montreal's roads are mostly paid for by property taxes, sales tax and business taxes. Cars are actually a burden and the city would do better and could drastically reduce spending on road maintenance if it increased transit and bike infrastructure. It'd also help with congestion.

There's very few people who want cars totally out of the equation. I live in one of the most bike friendly parts of North America (Plateau in Montreal) and there's still plenty of car traffic. There are arterial roads where cycling is discouraged, and many local roads without bike lanes but designated one way to discourage through traffic.

Even here, people need deliveries, they need to leave the neighborhood. The issue is the car being the default option, not that it's an option at all.

This is so dumb. Here in the States gas taxes don't even come close to funding roads. That comes out of a general fund. And without the massive amount of wear and tear of more autos the roads would last longer before needing maintenance.

And like said- no one here really argues no cars. Just space for people to use other methods.

I'm not entirely sure what your comment is arguing for.