Comments on: Coming To An Interstate Near You, Pay To Use Public Highways?

By: sidelko

sidelko — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:57:49 +0000

one more thing.

I do agree with the paying per mile that you drive part. Something needs to be done as MPG goes up on cars causing less revenue from that, vs the rising costs of building and maintaining the roads.

By: sidelko

sidelko — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:52:55 +0000

Reading through the article I was about to say just like Denver.

what we have now is a hybrid HOV/Pay road on I-25. if you are HOV you can go on it for free, or pay if you aren’t hov.

They are talking about taking the middle non-road section btwn the east/west sides of c-470 and building a road in that, to turn into pay as you go toll road.

luckly we don’t have anything like Miami where you can just shut down 2 lanes for payments…. but i wouldn’t put it past them

By: Rob Sequin

Rob Sequin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:33:15 +0000

We now live in a socialist country whether you want to admit it or not and Obama and the Democratic Congress haven’t even started yet.

Capitalism and your freedoms will be governed, regulated, monitored etc. First we had to give up our freedoms in the name of terrorism. Now we have to give our capitalism in the name of saving the middle class.

At least we have the internet… for now.

By: webmaster

webmaster — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:15:26 +0000

Up here in the D.C. area, they call them Hot Lanes. Which bring along steep prices. Since they ‘re replacing the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV Lanes) with the High Occupancy Toll lanes.

By: jblack

jblack — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:09:34 +0000

Shoji,

….”doing nothing to constrain the bloated government?” They did far worse, they made it more bloated! So now we will get “the change we need”. Clearly…..

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:02:13 +0000

It makes me want to scream l like Mel Gibson at the end of Braveheart:

FREEEEEDOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Shoji

Shoji — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:24:34 +0000

Big Government certainly has become as “American” as apple pie in the last half century. With the exiting Republican administration doing nothing to constrain the size of our bloated government (rather, EXPANDING it greatly), and with the liberal Obama administration coming for the next 4 (8?) years, it’s only going to get worse imo.

By: Scott Roberts

Scott Roberts — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:20:17 +0000

I find this pretty distressing as well. You might check out the National Motorists Association – http://www.motorists.org/

They are the only group I know of whose primary mission is to fight this type of nonsense. I don’t agree with all of their positions, but that’s probably a given with any special interest group. I’ve been a member for years.

By: owen frager

owen frager — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:10:40 +0000

Of course you never see the statement so you have no idea that it’s a variable toll! And to make matters worse you can only get access into the lanes off or before one exit way back toward downtown, so if you come from north Miami, it’s no longer even an option. Abd to think we were inconvenienced for three years while they built this. I remember a 3-hour delay a year ago on a Sunday when they were just putting the signs up over the highway and make everyone on exit to a stop light then have to curve through the city to find a way back on further north.

By: Duane

Duane — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:22:59 +0000

Thanks MHB,

I pretty much know that because i visit Florida about once every 2 years. I was just giving examples of what might be coming to the US in the future.