Livre d'Or

I'm generally pro public transport and anti-car.

In my late 20s/30s I was disabled (frequent wheelchair user outside of the house, limited mobility and lots of pain) and couldn't drive, but often got lifts/taxis. The key thing for me about cars was the ability to go door to door. Even the 5-10 metres from door to vehicle was often difficult and painful, even in a wheelchair, and waiting in the cold is horrid when you can't pump your limbs to keep warm. A solution of "nice flat safe pavement to accessible bus stop 200m away" was no good for me but might be great for stronger chair users who aren't generally in a lot of pain. I don't know what the answer is, but this is another dimension of disabled access.

Edit: As you say in your Low Traffic Neighbourhoods paragraph. But in thought experiment world, I could have a power chair and secure storage/charging that I didn't have to haul it up stairs for, and there would be space for it on the bus, and while waiting for the bus - and my destination would be able to fit the power chair, or have parking spaces for it and a supply of manual chairs for indoor use, then hop back on the power chair to go home. And if I hung a bag from the back while I was trundling, no one would nick it.

I think if people really cared about the disabled, they wouldn't park so much on pavements and across dropped kerbs.