[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[P-40]

It would be interesting to see the effects of a toll that was in place only during a portion of the normal rush hour to see if it would cause some people to shift their commute time ahead or behind in order to avoid the toll.

[ansel12]

I always thought we would be equal on the road but it seems the future for driving will belong to the rich if we aren't careful.

In San Diego we built a commuter lane which I thought was fine to help with traffic, then sometime later the government opened up the lane to drivers that could pay a special fee, that struck me as a terrible road to start down.

[Publius]

How about a link to our old favorite: TANSTAAFL: A (Semi-) Satirical Look at a World Without Transportation Subsidies?

[SmoothTalker]

I'm so happy I no longer live in a major city. I don't miss spending 100 hours a year stuck in traffic just getting places.

[Thunder90]

To get the transponder, expect to get a very lengthy background check. This is because they see this transponder as an anti-terror tool.

Eventually, all cars will be required to carry one of these gizmos (if the liberal wackos get their way)

[neb52]

This would either raise prices or kill the consulting business, such as IT Consultants. I drive probably 100-200 Miles a day just in DFW. Based on what I get paid by my employer I would be in the hole real fast under this purposed system. If you want to fix traffic problems, then you have to take away free will. People who drive to work when they don't have to other than that they can, are the ones who truly jam things up, they could car pool or take public transportation. Of course you would be taking peoples freedom away to drive their autos when they want to.

[BJungNan]

Tell this idiot to go away with this rediculas idea. Anyone that drives the freeways can see where the bottlenecks are and what is causing the problem.

The problem is, the engineers that design the roads can't see how their work slows traffic.

Has anyone not seen how to speed traffic and asked themselves, how could the be so stupid to design this road like they have?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Geeze, you really know how to tick me off. The left's solution to every problem is to take more money from the citizens. The idea that people have to work in centralized locations in a service type economy is just 19th Century thinking. The idea of building thpurple line or widening the beltway here in Montgomery County Maryland is plain stupid. Sooner or later corporations and individuals will figure out how to commute to work or schools electronically. A little imagination on how to measure results and a lot of problems will be resolved.

[Sensei Ern]

This is veiled taxation. If a person needs to get to downtown by 9am, they need to get downtown by 9am, no matter the toll. The only people that will decide not to go are people who have a choice in the matter, which is tourists and shoppers.

[BobL]

Oh, I love the idea.

We all get to drive around with transponders in our cars, so that the "beautiful people" in government can guide us, or nudge us to "do the right thing" and keep the roads clear.

Who the hell is going to make these decisions? And furthermore, you can say goodbye to adding capacity on highways once this crap is in place. Why add capacity (since that is expensive), when you can get the same relief by simply doubling tolls. Great idea - air heads.

Out here in Texas, we're in the process of selling out control of our state and interstate highway system to private companies (i.e., giving these companies the right to contest any improvement on our state-owned highways). We can thank our governor for that - and it still may cost him the election.

I've got a great idea - how about we increase the gas tax and use the money to widen existing highways and build new ones? Then let people drive when they want, where they want, without "Big Brother" oh I'm sorry, I forgot the new lingo "Market Forces" telling us what to do and watching everywhere we drive.