>> "What's worse,..." One man's worse is another man's best. This sounds economically optimal to me - the people using the asset (roads) are paying for them, i

>> "What's worse,..." One man's worse is another man's best. This sounds economically optimal to me - the people using the asset (roads) are paying for them, instead of being subsidized by all taxpayers. Also, I suspect that if tolls funded 100% of the all-in road transportation costs for those routes, they would be significantly higher than the numbers you've mentioned here. It sounds like there are still pretty significant subsidies.