Roads, bridges, tunnels all need to be maintained, restored. And there is always the environmental damage that STILL has no price on it. Our Railroads are powered by "green" energy (a combination of Wind and Solar) and there is far less energy use and fine particulate production per person traveling [0]

That said, the equation probably comes out different for my country (the Netherlands) and the US. The Netherlands is more like New York than the US.

[0] https://www.ns.nl/over-ns/duurzaamheid/fossielvrij/groene-en...