>> Living in a walking city is nicer than living in a driving city. But living in a walking city with a car is even nicer!

You know what is even nicer than that, Living in a Rural area with a population density of less than 500 people per sq mile (310 people per sq km)

>The only way to fix it is by passing taxes or other restrictive legislation

That is far from the only way to fix it, and it is very regressive, making the burden fall upon poor people, and often the elderly.

Using tax code to affect behavior is one of the most unethical things government does, and I always find it odd that the same people that complain about the rich, and how we should do more for the poor are the ones that also want to impose these heavily regressive tax schemes because "they know best"