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[quote user="blownout cylinder"] [quote user="Bucyrus"] [quote user="n012944"]It would be nice if all expressways became tollways.[/quote]   I believe that not only all expressways, but all other public roads will become toll roads within a decade or less under a fully automated system, which will include standard tracking, pricing, and billing equipment in every car.  Non-congestion will be rationed by price.  The more you pay, the closer to the speed limit you can drive.  [/quote] I heard that one type of "drive by wire"(?) method had even been considered a few years ago by at least one manufacturer with that in mind--as a tracking system. One would/could see a set of alternatives being made---but still paying a set fee based on distance as well--- [/quote] I am talking about a tracking system built into every car as mandatory equipment as a component of our privilege to drive.  This is moving forward on many fronts, and when it comes to fruition, it will revolutionize traffic management and infrastructure funding.  Technologically, it is an idea whose time has arrived.    I believe it will totally eclipse the current movement to get people out of their cars and into mass transit.  Public roads with real-time user fees, and cars with an operator overlay system will become the new mass transit.  Certainly it will open brand new vistas for the micromanagement of truck tolls and fees.     Not only will drivers pay per mile, tolls will vary according to congestion of the route, size of the vehicle, fuel consumption, the number of passengers in the vehicle, and purpose of the trip.
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