the people who are happy to sit in traffic everyday
Perhaps they are not happy about it. Perhaps their job necessitates it.
For example, I choose to live close to work – I drive, ride, run or walk depending on mood. I am fortunate.
My brother has a job that covers an area as far south as Sheffield and as far north as Scotland. His van is full of parts, installation manuals etc and he has to be able to get to distribution depots to collect other parts as and when required. This means he has to drive, he works alone so he is a single car driver and he has to use whatever roads are available to get to a variety of destinations, from banks to supermarkets…