This may be true in rural areas or car-centric cities, but in the Northeast US and many other dense parts of the world, freeways butt up against or even plow ri

This may be true in rural areas or car-centric cities, but in the Northeast US and many other dense parts of the world, freeways butt up against or even plow right through neighborhoods, especially lower-income ones. Until the late 90s, an elevated freeway ran through the middle of Boston. It's bad for safety, bad for health, and bad for happiness. In those places, it makes more long-term sense to invest in transit and bike infrastructure instead of inducing more demand for urban freeway bandwidth.