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The transcontinental highway system was built with general federal taxes (because it was seen as a necessity for National Defense after WW2) and gas taxes were added for maintenance financing. Then local (state and municipal) local connections were built with lots of capital from local administrations to promote development of suburbs.
Basically, if you want new roads and road expansions it's going to take tax money someplace to build them and then gas taxes to maintain them. Or, you can stay home and not go anyplace.
Incidentally, private financing of roads has never worked. For example, in the 30s when the first transcontinental highway was started, Hiway 30 the Lincoln Highway, it was planned to build it with private money from car and bicycle makers, but they could never get money together for more than one mile of roadway.
Basically, if you want new roads and road expansions it's going to take tax money someplace to build them and then gas taxes to maintain them. Or, you can stay home and not go anyplace.
Incidentally, private financing of roads has never worked. For example, in the 30s when the first transcontinental highway was started, Hiway 30 the Lincoln Highway, it was planned to build it with private money from car and bicycle makers, but they could never get money together for more than one mile of roadway.
