Heck, if more roads were privatized, we might actually see a reduction in the ever increasing amount of traffic congestion we are currently facing in America.
Where does that traffic congestion go? It doesn't magically disappear. The traffic moves to ancillary roads and through neighborhoods instead of remaining on the main thoroughfares. In the San Antonio Area, the plans were to turn major highways on the north, northeast, and northwest side into toll roads. These roads were built using taxpayer dollars. What it would amount to is the transfer of public infrastructure to a private company for profit.
The TTC debacle of a few years ago amounted to a land grab, where property was to be snatched from the owners for a pittance and sold to Cintra-Zachary (Cintra being a foreign owned company) for a pipe dream.
That ain’t right. In my understanding, a toll road doesn’t exist until a company bids for the right to build one.
Then they pony up the cash and build it, which then they get to recoup the costs and then turn a profit over a number of years.
Since the road in question didn’t exist previously, you’d see and increase in the amount of available roadspace, thus reducing congestion for everyone (as some would choose to pay the toll and drive on the new road).
Which would lead to less cars on the freeway... and less cars on the toll road in comparison to the freeway.