This is something I support for many reasons. Firstly, they don't help reduce congestion over the long run. The fundamental law of congestion, which has been supported by evidence over and over for more than 50 years, says:
people drive more when the stock of roads in their city increases; commercial driving and trucking increase with a city's stock of roads; and people migrate to cities that are relatively well provided with roads
Changes to transport infrastructure like investing in bus systems, subways do much more to relieve congestion anyway. Everyone benefits from improved air quality.
Do I need to mention climate change?
We only have so much money to invest, I say we put it into the most effective areas.