No, but being "anti cars" is still extremely controversial, see for instance the "Yellow Vests" in France.

Yes it's controversial, but that controversy is not evenly distributed: there many places one can be openly anti-car and still get elected. (And that's not even counting proportional representation giving voice to minority views.)

It's a fringe view in most of them. Sure, quite a few people in many places don't drive or feel the need to, but I suspect if you asked the population at large what they thought of cars as an concept/invention/technology, they'd be at worst neutral to them, and often see the positive side.

I know for sure that most people around here either drive or want to, and that many peope consider it unthinkable to not do so.

The anti car ideaology is something that seems far more common on Hacker News and certain online forums than it is in the real world/offline.

It's common in certain cities. More in Europe than US. But more among US urban politicians than perhaps even their constituents (which is why the GP about public policy is silly).

US major cities I'd wager is like even split between politicians that like cars, politicians that dislike cars but are too scared to do anything about it, and politicians that dislike cars and aren't scared.

Here's to hoping we get more Ada Colau and less Bill de Blasio.