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.
So the pursuit of of market-based solutions is "a terrible road to start down?" Tell me, which other allocation strategy appeals to you? Do you prefer the "problem of the commons" in which everyone tries to use the resource, imposing costs (in time, stress, and new road construction) on everyone? Or perhaps you like the statist approach, in which the government would allocate usage - maybe even-numbered license plates on even numbered dates, and odd-numbered plates on odd numbered dates?