Absolutely yes. Families with children would want it. People with erratic schedules and demands for travel would want it. The aged would want it. People who highly value their and their children’s personal safety and security would want it. People living in harsh climates would want it. People with last-mile issues would want it. People with certain disabilities would want it. People who value their personal time highly would want it. People whose jobs require carrying equipment, but don’t need a company truck, would want it. People who want personal space while traveling would want it. People who need to get to places reliably, and thus want the freedom to reroute their trip in the event of an infrastructure failure, would want it. People who don’t want to be at the mercy of work stoppages when trying to get from A to B would want it. People providing Meals on Wheels would want it. People whose trips involve several intermediate destinations would want it. People who enjoy day-trips and vacations to off-the-beaten-track domestic locations would want it. And, blessedly, almost all Americans can satisfy those needs with their personal automobile on well-maintained public roadways.

Now it is true that age 18-45 healthy childless commuters living in small apartments in safe neighborhoods who go to the same few locations all their lives (should we call them the privileged ones, the boring ones?)…they may get by comfortably without a car. But they’d still want one.