Because cars take up space and jam up easily, they create an artificial sense of urgency that their needs aren’t being met. 
Cities respond to this artificial sense of urgency by restricting the mobility of others.
The result is a transportation system that doesn’t work for anyone. Cars are still jammed but now everyone else is too.
Contrary to what you see on TV, a traffic jam is the car’s natural state. Cities are better off accepting that fact and protecting other users from their adverse impacts.
Of course, the most effective way to prevent traffic jams is to ban cars. Here’s a street where cars have been banned.
We ban cars from a lot of places already. I list a few in this thread.
https://twitter.com/QAGreenways/status/1228778327722217472?s=20
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