This is typical of the left. They try to undermine society in any way that they can. The oppose things that help the country, and when they win, they oppose the alternative so that they can continue to undermine the county. They wont stop opposing things until they have their revolution.
The church of Leftism in this country has been trying to outlaw private ownership of automobiles for at least 50 years. Excise taxes, use taxes, mandated complexity and emissions inspections not to mention the increased regulations involved with repair and insurance have placed an ever heavier load on the motorist in this effort. This is nothing new.
It's simple marxism and forced application of the hegelian dialectic. They see the status quo as the thesis, oppose it with the antithesis, and what comes out of the sausage grinder is the synthesis, which then becomes the new thesis, and the cycle starts anew.
Remember when paper grocery bags were, "killing the rainforest"? We went to plastic bags to, "save the environment. Then the plastic bags were killing dolphins, so we went to cloth bags. Now the reusable fabric bags are becoming known as petri dishes for all kinds of microbes....