In my upcoming tragi-comic novel ALONE AT THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE WATCH PARTY, the main character, a failed eco activist, hates cars.
The immediate reason is that her entire family was killed in a car crash some years prior to the time-frame of the story. (This detail is pure fiction, not based on anything that actually happened in my life.)
But, the ongoing and deeper reason is because of what car-centered design has done to people and communities. In her ongoing, seemingly futile effort to demonstrate that there are alternatives to depending entirely on automobiles for transportation, our well-meaning protagonist gets herself into all sorts of absurd situations. Stay tuned!