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Economically speaking, increasing prices on a scarce resource (travel lanes) where demand exceeds supply totally makes sense. Helps get the road users to pay m
by CydeWeys 4y ago
Economically speaking, increasing prices on a scarce resource (travel lanes) where demand exceeds supply totally makes sense. Helps get the road users to pay more of their fair share, too (rather than taking it out of all of our income taxes equally).
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoAny toll expensive enough to effect usage are an affront to the entire point of publicly funded infrastructure. The janitor has just as much right to waste his time in gridlock as the tech bro does.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoSo then why don't we make public transit (buses, trains, etc.) free? These are publicly-funded infrastructure, and the fares exist primarily to limit usage, in addition to help fund the system. The fact that motorists expect to get free roads while public transit users have to pay is an affront to the entire point of publicly-funded infrastructure.