Private transportation doesn't fund the roads, only about half of it on average. 'Use' taxes only cover about 1/3 to 2/3rds of road expenditures (in the US).

Private transportation doesn't fund the roads, only about half of it on average. 'Use' taxes only cover about 1/3 to 2/3rds of road expenditures (in the US). https://taxfoundation.org/how-your-state-s-road-spending-funded-2016/ https://taxfoundation.org/how-your-state-s-road-spending-fun... If everyone used public transportation, all the property taxes and so forth used on roads could go to public trans instead.