Subsidizing harmful and stupid behavior is the cost of living in a non-functioning society. There is nothing wrong with having road infrastructure to move peop

Subsidizing harmful and stupid behavior is the cost of living in a non-functioning society. There is nothing wrong with having road infrastructure to move people and goods between urban centres. There is however, a lot wrong with designing cities around the use of the most inefficient form of transportation, which increasingly looks like one person in a giant gas powered SUV or pickup truck going to work or the grocery store. There is a reason that cities with functioning political systems are tearing down urban freeways and moving toward narrower, human centred street design. These are highly desirable places to live, and people are clamoring to move to these communities. If you ever have the pleasure of riding on a properly funded and maintained rapid transit system (of which there are very few in the US), you will know that it is preferable to being stuck in traffic in a private vehicle.