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Not at all. I'm simply stating that when you receive Federal or State grants or assistance for a portion of your road system that you have to accept the restri

Not at all. I'm simply stating that when you receive Federal or State grants or assistance for a portion of your road system that you have to accept the restrictions placed on that funding and the road should benefit everyone. We build roads as a country so that everyone can use them not so your local government can use them as a revenue source. It's very likely that 30%-50% of the cost of the roads was paid for with Federal $'s. This is not any different than the idea that if you accept Federal money for research dollars, you should not turn around and charge enormous sums for access to the research. It doesn't mean that the Federal government took over your research.

acdha 2y ago
By that logic, we shouldn’t have toll roads either but they’ve been necessary to pay for the enormously expensive projects demanded by users of the least efficient transportation option. The problem here is basic math: people driving cars need an order of magnitude more space than any other transportation option, and there simply isn’t room for that in a city. Basic economics tells us that when there’s more demand than a limited supply prices should rise to encourage more efficient decision. There just isn’t an option where suburban commuters can drive into Manhattan and magically have room for all of those cars, and that’s before you even attempt to price in all of the years of quality life lost due to the direct injuries and indirect pollution from their cars. The last month has been full of reports showing that everything is better for NYC residents due to reduced congestion, so their interests need to factor into this discussion about their city, too.