[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Women, children, and minorities hardest hit!

[RedStateGuyTrappedinCT]

They want to put tolls back in CT , but only in border areas maybe we should cry discrimination.

[Minutemen]

Gasoline should be free too, because I cannot afford it.

/sarc

[devane617]

Here in Dallas we can't move without a toll.....Especially north Dallas. My toll-tag gets automatically recharged a few times each month....

[Always Right]

According to the complaint, the project would impose economic hardships, increase health and safety risks and increase traffic in the neighboring communities.

1. If only rich white people can afford to travel on this road, isn't it a good thing it is more dangerous?

2. If it increases traffic in these communities, does that not help the economy?

This complaint seems to throw a bunch of contradictory statements out there hoping one will somehow stick.

[org.whodat]

The proposed toll road along US 290 East discriminates against low-income and minority populations in Austin, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Highway Administration.

I agree let's privatize the county airports first.

[caseinpoint]

Well, I guess these low income people could always move to a state where there is an income tax with which to build roads. In those states they can be exempt from paying taxes and get everyone who has to pay the tax to pay their share also. But when funds are raised based on use or consumption, you usually can’t get those nifty exemptions. Cry me a river.

[bill1952]

The proposed toll road along US 290 East discriminates against low-income and minority populations in ...

America. Yeah, right, yadayadayada.

Why not just eliminate money? That will stop it!

[Le Chien Rouge]

“Low-income residents will be forced to either use congested frontage roads or spend an unreasonable amount of their income on tolls.”

Welcome to my world!!!!!

I avoid 183 toll and MOPAC toll like the plague.....

[ConservaTexan]

"Low-income residents will be forced to either use congested frontage roads..."

That's the one thing I like about using the toll roads.

[Graybeard58]

There’s a simple answer to this problem.

Tax the rich.

[Condor51]

The proposed toll road along US 290 East discriminates against low-income and minority populations in Austin, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Highway Administration. ... "The toll road will create a class distinction between those who are and are not able to use it," said TRLA attorney D'Ann Johnson. "Low-income residents will be forced to either use congested frontage roads or spend an unreasonable amount of their income on tolls."

Then Gas Taxes discriminates
License Plates (tags) discriminates
Then Cigarette Taxes discriminates
Then Liquor Taxes discriminates
Mandatory Car Insurance discriminates
Car payments discriminates
Auto maintenance costs discriminates
Apartment Rent discriminates
Home Owners Insurance discriminates
And House payments discriminates.

OOPs scratch that. They're already want free houses.

[bgill]

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA), the leading provider of legal aid in Texas, in conjunction with the SOS Alliance and the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment

It all goes back to illegals. Kick them out and we won't have to constantly build new roads.

[humblegunner]

I lived in Elgin as a kid.

I can't believe they have an online news site.

Elgin is pretty simple.

[almcbean]

I think a civil rights theme song is in order - maybe “We Shall Overpass”

[kittymyrib]

It’s an added expense for the drug dealers as they ship their wares from Mexico....

[Arrowhead1952]

Whining from the liberals in east Austin again. There are more toll roads from the NW section of Travis / Williamson county area than on the east side.

[SwinneySwitch]

Low-income residents should walk and ride the bus!

[A_Former_Democrat]

You left out homosexuals.

[zeugma]

Whatever it takes to stop TxDOT from tolling every road in the state.

[LetsRok]

"Low-income residents will be forced to either use congested frontage roads..."

Yeah. It sucks being poor. No one ever said that life was fair. Why bother being rich if there are no advantages?