The use of roads is to get people and goods from A to B. If there's a way of doing that that doesn't involve endlessly building roads then do that. Roads are

The use of roads is to get people and goods from A to B. If there's a way of doing that that doesn't involve endlessly building roads then do that. Roads are inherently inefficient for moving people around because use about 2 tons of car that takes up a great deal of space to move one person. They're slightly more efficient for goods but even then there are much more efficient ways to move goods most places. Endless cycle of building an inefficient solution to fix a problem caused by inefficient design is a perfectly valid argument. And yes the inefficiency was implied by the contrast to public transport investment.