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>"That’s a theory, but in practice that’s not what you see happen. Companies build a lot of really bad roads when they need them to get from A - B for example l
by nonbel 8y ago
>"That’s a theory, but in practice that’s not what you see happen. Companies build a lot of really bad roads when they need them to get from A - B for example logging.
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Companies rarely build such roads and it’s even rarer to see them turned into public toll roads.
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The US interstate highway system"
Why would companies be building roads like that when there is no need to do it?
>"Worldwide you don’t see companies building such things even when the demand is there."
This would be interesting to look at, where is there demand for roads?
- Retric 8y ago> Why would companies be building roads like that when there is no need to do it? Need is a poor way of looking at investments. Having a more direct route reduces travel costs. Which is while people use Toll Road‘s even when their are generally other options. If you want to make the suggestion that companies will make toll roads you need to explain why the don’t even when their are many profitable bridges etc. Toll bridges could be profitable in many places yet they are not built largely becase the cost is so extreme.
- nonbel 8y agoI meant that in the US everyone expects the government will provide roads, and there are already many good roads to use for free (eg the Interstate Highway system). As a result, people are not willing to pay much for more roads, so they aren't going to be built. It may not even be legally possible in many cases under current regulations.
- Retric 8y agoBeing US specific is not meaningful when it does not occur in any country.