Its not just anti-road. Its non-dense development. The more spread out services the more resources it takes to maintain them.
The fact of the matter is that we've been accumulating "debt" to build suburbs by ignoring the costs of C02 emmisions and letting the gov subsidise construction w/o plans for upkeep
Oh but you can! Paris, London, and I'm sure countless other cities in Europe have pedestrianized or reduced traffic in large areas. The Netherlands has done this in most cities.
99.99% of suburbanites couldn't afford their lifestyle if it weren't for obsurd gov subsidies of infrastructure / petrol industry.
https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weigh...