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I lived in Queens for 20 years. Worked in Manhattan. I used the subway system a lot. Until I married I really had no use for a car. But the NY/NJ area is very densely populated. In most places you can walk to a train and then walk to your destination after arriving. Yes you might have to transfer from a commuter r/r to a subway, but your destination is still only a walk away. That does not apply here.

However, The NY/NJ system was instituted over a hundred years ago when there were no cars to speak of. So car traffic was integrated into the existing system. Evenso, trolleys gave way to subways and els in order to remove impediments from street level traffic.

Yes I have driven in the NY/NJ area lately, and it is worse than I remember. But it seems even with the traffic tieups, and the high cost of parking in Manhattan, a lot of of people are indicating they don't like the subway system.

In San Antonio, it seems whenever traffic starts getting out of hand in a certain area, another more accessible area comes into popularity. I don't know if it's planning, serendipity or just economic forces coming to bear.

Light rail is a BOONDOGGLE here. The only people who like it, are the ones who will profit from it and never have to ride on it.