Roads cost money to build and maintain, they cost a lot of money to build and maintain. Those costs are paid for by destinations, as road tolls are limited in

Roads cost money to build and maintain, they cost a lot of money to build and maintain. Those costs are paid for by destinations, as road tolls are limited in the US. At a certain point, and the evidence strongly suggests many parts of the US are past this point, you’re spending more money on road maintenance, than you’re collecting in tax from destinations. No amount of “cars are more convenient” will change the simple economics that cars and their infrastructure are vastly more expensive than either public transport, or bike infrastructure. And based on the atrocious conditions of US roads, it seems the US can’t afford it’s car infrastructure anymore.