It is, yeah. Roads are bad and toxic to the businesses and areas around them. Nobody wants to hang out next to a 4 lane blacktop with cards screaming down it at 60 miles an hour.

It spreads out businesses and makes our cities utilities spending less efficient. The roads need to be maintained, and it is very expensive to maintain them.

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/1/16/why-walkable-s...

https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme