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No. And it can't by law, only highways that were tolled prior to becoming interstates are allowed to toll. Hence the Turnpikes in the NE and Midwest, those were tolled prior to becoming Interstates, so were grandfathered in. By law you can't add tolls to existing "free" lanes. So the only new toll lanes being added to existing interstates are "Lexus lanes" i.e. tolled express lanes, but the main lanes are still "free"
YES! Finally rural parts of the country will be forced to pay for their own roads instead of billing urban areas. Absolutely yes. I support any change that forces rural voters to pay for themselves and get out of my wallet.
No. And it can't by law, only highways that were tolled prior to becoming interstates are allowed to toll. Hence the Turnpikes in the NE and Midwest, those were tolled prior to becoming Interstates, so were grandfathered in. By law you can't add tolls to existing "free" lanes. So the only new toll lanes being added to existing interstates are "Lexus lanes" i.e. tolled express lanes, but the main lanes are still "free"
This is wrong. The government is too big. It all needs to be privatized. Too much uncle sam.
Who likes paying tolls and now they have the gantrys over the highways that read your transponder, if you have one and they automatically deduct from your account or they send you a bill.
In my state we have excise taxes that are a sort of road tax. They have also been trying to get a graduated gas tax in place but it has been shot down twice by the voters. We also have toll roads with gantry's and they are always trying to increase the roads that can be tolled. My state wastes so much money spending hundreds of thousands more per mile on the roads then our neighboring states yet our roads are crumbling.
Maybe a nation wide toll would be better but probably not since the money would likely be squandered.
YES! Finally rural parts of the country will be forced to pay for their own roads instead of billing urban areas. Absolutely yes.
I live in a rural state that won't ever have enough traffic on our Interstates to pay for the cost of repair.
At least for the rest of my life and probably my kid's lives, too. And my state is one that will be extremely difficult to ever urbanize like the midwestern states. At least half of it will always remain remote, lightly populated, and hard to travel because it's basically unfit for human habitation.
There are still many places all over the nation that are similar. There are other states more lightly populated than my own. They won't all become highly populated in the future.
Our interstate system was one of the very best federal programs ever instituted. They were build at the right time, too, because America really needed them once it became the world's super-power after WWII.
They are the arteries that keep us all alive and prospering now. Tolling them would kill that prosperity.
I live in a rural state that won't ever have enough traffic on our Interstates to pay for the cost of repair.
At least for the rest of my life and probably my kid's lives, too. And my state is one that will be extremely difficult to ever urbanize like the midwestern states. At least half of it will always remain remote, lightly populated, and hard to travel because it's basically unfit for human habitation.
There are still many places all over the nation that are similar. There are other states more lightly populated than my own. They won't all become highly populated in the future.
Our interstate system was one of the very best federal programs ever instituted. They were build at the right time, too, because America really needed them once it became the world's super-power after WWII.
They are the arteries that keep us all alive and prospering now. Tolling them would kill that prosperity.
The reality is it’s the city people using the roads more than rural people. City people use the roads to get away from the rat race of their making. Rural people already live in paradise and don’t feel the need to drive long distances.
I live in a rural state that won't ever have enough traffic on our Interstates to pay for the cost of repair.
At least for the rest of my life and probably my kid's lives, too. And my state is one that will be extremely difficult to ever urbanize like the midwestern states. At least half of it will always remain remote, lightly populated, and hard to travel because it's basically unfit for human habitation.
There are still many places all over the nation that are similar. There are other states more lightly populated than my own. They won't all become highly populated in the future.
Our interstate system was one of the very best federal programs ever instituted. They were build at the right time, too, because America really needed them once it became the world's super-power after WWII.
They are the arteries that keep us all alive and prospering now. Tolling them would kill that prosperity.
Since those rural areas are trying to control urban populations while also taking our tax dollars, I'm fresh out of generosity for them. They are literally voting to take urban money. Tolling the roads would be the perfect solution making those that use the roads pay for them.
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Originally Posted by T-310
The reality is it’s the city people using the roads more than rural people. City people use the roads to get away from the rat race of their making. Rural people already live in paradise and don’t feel the need to drive long distances.
That's funny. Then rural areas should fully support tolling the interstate system since they think "city people" will pay for them. Let's find out.
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