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[quote user="CJtrainguy"] No thanks. Won't bite my tongue. But if I go driving around Dallas, Denver, Chicago or try to get into New York, there are toll roads or toll tunnels. Seems to work just fine. It's all got to be paid for somehow… [/quote] Although they are not popular in many areas of the country, they have one or two distinct advantages. The people who use them pay for them.  Moreover, motorists using toll roads see the cost of the road. At least when they get their electronic bill or drop their coins in the toll buckets. The earliest phases of the Interstate Highway System consisted of toll roads, i.e. Pennsylvania Turnpike, New York State Thruway, etc. Had the whole system been laid out as toll roads, with the cost of using them clear to the users, we may have had less urban sprawl than occurred. And we may have gotten a better balanced transport system.  Read retention of passenger rail in relatively short, high density corridors where it makes sense. I have long believed that people should see the true cost of what they use. It tends to result in more rational use. This goes for motorists, rail passengers, airline passengers, etc. It is proper for the government to fund the infrastructure, i.e. roads, airways, railways, etc., if the risk is too great for private investors, as long as there is a high probability that the government (taxpayers) will get their money back.
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