I have nothing against Amazon. I enjoy their services too. I was talking about our addiction to them. And the fact that we need to take into account the impact these services have on our streets,especially residential streets. I will give you an example. The maintenance and rehabilitation budget for Caltrans(California's Department of Transportation), responsible for maintaining our freeways was about 7-8 billion dollars. The combined budget of all cities and counties in California was 500 million dollars. To give you a perspective, 80% of all lane miles in California are in cities and counties and 75% of all vehicle miles traveled are in cities and counties. Our usage needs to be represented in our budgets. Streets/pavements are like air, you only notice them when they are bad or gone.

PS: I honestly have no idea how economics works but it's amazing to me that the richest man on Earth owns  one of the most valuable companies, which hasn't turned a profit yet. Not sarcasm. Genuinely wondering.