There is something to be said for the convenience of cars to be able to start driving in your own time, but for every story like that there is another with someone stuck in traffic for 3 hours because of a major accident on the highway.

That being the case, cars are still going to have their niche for situations where Grandma lives far away from any major city and the closest train station is a 3 hour bus ride away, running twice daily at 6am and 4pm. Can't say I am sympathetic to the FuckCars crowd in that regard, nor do I think we should be dismissive of efforts to make driving more environmentally friendly just because trains are better.