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Again, a nice idea in theory but it will just concentrate congestion towards the right, which would exacerbate the speed differential between lanes and make the

Again, a nice idea in theory but it will just concentrate congestion towards the right, which would exacerbate the speed differential between lanes and make the road much less safe. It would exacerbate economic disparities, forcing poorer people—who are already chronically time-poor as well as money-poor—to spend more time in their car for the convenience of rich people. Rich people already have innumerable advantages in our society, we don't need to go around looking for more to give them. (As a comparatively rich person, I appreciate living in a society surrounded by people that are—in the main—well educated, healthy and not overly stressed, and I happily pay a lot in taxes to help maintain that. Which is why the USA holds zero appeal to me; you couldn't pay me to live there.)

badrabbit 8y ago
Overall,there would be less lane changing and cars would leave the freeway faster. The pricing can be adjustes or subsidized for low income drivers. If you pay a toll anyways,this is an opportunity to save money and use the tollway,where as you would normally take the slow and long unpaid route. This would actually make toll roads accessible to the poor. No matter how I look at it,if you add lanes,they should be paid for so that it would be more affordable abd practical and actually incentivize drivers to cause less jams. Also,traffic jams are not exclusive to the USA. Maybe it should be modeled in a more politically convenient way? How about fuel tax deductions? You get n deductions where you lose more deduction points by using left lanes? That way there is no added cost to the driver,the tax payers as a whole pay for it.