[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Being Born Again doesn't mean I stopped being a road geek. :-)

[BobL]

Sell all our freeways to China and let them toll us to death.

In before the Pooch!!!

LOL.

[BobL]

We also spoke with Texas Senator Kirk Watson’s office...”While we have more money than before, the funds are insufficient to address the state’s infrastructure needs without other sources of revenue, including tolls.”

I’m fine up to the last two words, since isn’t all money one color, and if they’re funded sufficiently from the sale tax, for example, what the h3ll does it matter.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

No new tolls planned for Texas in revised transportation plan (12/21/17)

[vette6387]

If you deported all your illegal aliens, your roads would be surprisingly easy to get around on.

[OrangeHoof]

If Austin’s leadership had it’s say, they were turn all of it into bike lanes.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I-35 toll lanes in Austin cut from long-range transportation plan (12/15/17)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

New toll lanes tabled, for now, after state transportation vote (12/14/17)

[Just_Sue]

Just make trucks free on the existing toll roads which bypass Austin and that would free up a significant amount of traffic.

[norwaypinesavage]

A little bit of Capitalism interjected into the picture might help Austin's 'weird' liberals. ('Keep Austin Weird' is a common bumper sticker in the town.) If people actually used the existing toll roads around Austin, the problem might be significantly improved. The toll road toward San Antonio is so lightly used that the Wizards of Austin recently raised the speed limit to 85 to encourage use.

How about cutting the toll!!!

The toll prices are so high, few use the toll roads. When real capitalists can't sell their products, they CUT THE PRICE. I suspect that if the toll prices were made more reasonable, usage would increase, revenue would actually INCREASE, and the I-35 congestion would go down.

[Monty22002]

Hyperloop triangle (Dallas, Houston, Austin) to the rescue!