My municipality are 100% people who either work from home or cycle to work on these contraption and literally all they do is making life worse for motorists.
They also have multiple people in the local government who's entire career is just university -> municipal council.
Parking has more than double in price within just 2 years. From €2 to €4.50/hour. They also slashed parking permits and put heavy restrictions on commercial trucks supplying businesses in the center.