Car companies have been lobbying the US government for decades to turn the country into a car-dependent shithole. They are still fucking lobbying to the point where the US government is seriously considering "TURN EVERYTHING ON THE ROAD INTO SELF-DRIVING UBER" as a strategy for the future instead of investing in public transport. The "people" at the highest levels of power do not give a shit about human beings and have made life into a hell because their corrupt asses couldn't resist Ford's moolah in return for allowing the latest mcmansion colony to be built over 9000km away from any public transport.