I don't know if that article was intended to be ironic or not, but it's a marketing fluff piece from a guy who's selling some kind of tech enabled parking service.

A couple of the comments to the article point out the obvious, which is that car ownership as a necessity for mobility isn't exactly a choice for many people. The article mentions that single moms benefit from car ownership. No ****, Sherlock. That's because if they don't own a car, they can't function at all.