I can appreciate a point-to-point intercity solution with cars can be very convenient. My friends with kids swear by their cars for schlepping kids and their shit around and I must concede even in a country where the trains criss-cross the country and busses, trams, metros cover the rest, it can be a pain in the ass to deal with turnstiles, transfers, and crowds with kids while on a schedule. But their intracity trips are all bike or public transit.