[A. Pole]

The users of these facilities will be paying handsome tolls, premium prices for food and services, in addition to the exorbitant gasoline tax, for most of the rest of this century.

What makes this form of infrastructure financing so attractive to highway officials is the initial cash payment from the private-sector operator.

Privatization bump

[narby]

They left out the part about non-compete agreements with the state, that forbid the people to build a free road to compete with the toll road. After all, what idiot would pay money to drive on a road unless the alternative was inferior?

[libill]

Except for special projects, collecting tolls plus road uses taxes in motor fuel just irks me. Here in New York many tolls were initially employed to fund the building projects, but those tolls still remain although the original building financing completed years ago.

The idea of selling public assets conjures up visions of buying groceries with a credit card. Buying groceries with on credit is good for bridging small gaps, but is a bad tactic over the long term.

In my opinion high taxation along with high corruption is the reason New York has a negative population growth rate.

Tax rates aside, I wonder if society is going down the same road that gave rise to Amtrak.

[calcowgirl]

Ping.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[wolfcreek]

This article never touched on several other subjects such as, the environmental, resource and cultural aspects. "The poor working stiff" will pay in many other ways than just money.

[Paleo Conservative]

WorldNetDaily ^ | January 20, 2007 | Henry Lamb

Whirled Nut Daily

[The Mayor]

Here's my current fight.... Say No to Grand Island Tolls

[weegee]

Private owned tollroads on public lands and public owned sports stadiums for private businesses (that get to keep "naming rights" money (often enough to PAY for the stadium).

The public is being ripped off. Lobbyists do their job well.

[HamiltonJay]

The PA Turnpike brought in over $1,000,000 per year per mile of road under their control, and STILL decided it had to raise its rates 40% across the board......

Those that think Toll Roads are some great panacea are in for a rude awakening.

[RobRoy]

Isn't a toll road, by definition, a monopoly? Is that legal?

[RobRoy]

>>Traveling on a non-toll roadway, a consumer may choose from an incredible array of restaurants, service stations and other vendors...<<

But on toll roads, you get McDonalds for the Kids and Denny's for the adults. What more could you want?

[stevie_d_64]

Ringa-linga-ling...Ping

Answer it dirnit!!!

[xarmydog]

The government has become an entity designed to find a way to get as much of your money as they possibly can.If they did their jobs instead ,they wouldn't need it.Intimidated extortion,I'm afraid,is the way now days it seems.Sad analogy,but true.