Even though that is clearly an opinion-based statement, it's objectively wrong. The vast majority (3/4) of highway/road spending is done by state and local governments, not Federal. For the states/local governments, the amount is usually about 6% of all spending. About double that of police, and 2/3rds of hospitals and higher ed.
It's not like roads don't also serve commerce. Even with robust rail infrastructure, that last-mile would require roads. 6% of the budget for something that benefits every single member of society in immeasurable ways seems like a pretty good deal to me.
https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative...
> It is time to move on to the 21st century and design our solutions to fit our current capabilities
I am not sure single opinion would have clear idea of what is 21st century capabilities.
By your criteria the vast majority of that country wouldn't be classified as a "society".
At least in the US, the government is paying vast and unsustainable sums of money to prop up a failing and inefficient form of transportation.
That inefficiency was created at a time when the US was the only significant industrial power.
We no longer have extra factory capacity from the second world war or armies of returning GIs to work in those factories or buy those products. We now have to compete on the world stage against other economies we're poorly matched to beat.
It is time to move on to the 21st century and design our solutions to fit our current capabilities instead of what existed 70 years ago.