The reality is, cities are incredibly noisy due to cars, but also construction work, people shouting, loud music and much more.
No? He drives cars, uses multiple car rental/car shares schemes, often says that it’s not cars he dislikes it’s urban design which leads to car dependency - unsafe for anyone outside a car, no provision for anything other than driving, single family housing zoning leading to everything being too spread out to go anywhere without a car - and that he’s not a ‘cyclist’ and would prefer taking a tram when possible.
The channel is even called “not just bikes” to push back against your kind of mischaracterisation.
It's kind of hard to over emphasize the the damage they've done, specifically as forms of personal transportation (versus more commercial transport).
He does have a video called "The Best Country in the World for Drivers", in which he shows that by reducing the need for cars for most people, actually helps the optimize things for operating a car:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k
And until the ~1920s, societies managed to function pretty well without the streets being taken over by cars:
* https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262516129/fighting-traffic/
I don't see why they need to have total priority with-in cities to the extant they currently do.
It's incredibly people-dense so there's definitely some baseline human noise, but I cannot emphasize enough how absolutely dwarfed by cars and delivery trucks it is. Construction work, shouting, music, etc. are almost a non-factor in comparison.
"people shouting" and "loud music" don't even factor.
While not everything can be done on a bike, a lot of people use a car when there is no need to. I can't understand why because cycling is way more enjoyable and in most cases a much faster way to get around town than a car. Especially if you own an e-bike.
I own a car but hardly feel the need to use it. I usually need to buy a full tank of gas once or twice a year.
Cars are by far the biggest noise contributor in a city and tbh i'd like drivers to pay a tax based on max sound a car may make on max engine speed(and if they want to pay less tax, speed should be physically limited to max 100km/h or something similar based on gps. But that's just a fantasy