Apparentely it's only considered a dependence and not an addiction, even though there are a lot of discussions about it.

Caffeine dependence:

Pathologically reinforced caffeine use induces dependence, but not an addiction.[13] For a drug to induce an addiction from repeated use at sufficiently high doses, it must activate the brain's reward circuitry, particularly the mesolimbic pathway.[13]

The craziest for me is when the kid steps out: you may be distracted when you are alone (still no excuse) but at least focus when someone you care about is with you. Especially considering that there were other cars waiting at the red light

Yes, that's exactly the channel i was thinking about. It is full of scientific proofs and goes into every detail of city planning

From what I remember, there is a youtube channel that has more than 100 videos designing a car free city. I cannot find the channel anymore though