Study: Sprawling Areas Require 3 Times as Much Pavement Per Person
[B' Spokes: And remember everyone pays close to the same in "road tax" so that means urban dwellers are paying for rural drivers. Which should put a end to the argument that rural drivers are paying for mass transit that they don't use.]
http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/11/11/study-sprawling-areas-require-3-times-as-much-pavement-per-person/