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> Roads don't make money and no one thinks to complain about that. Between toll roads, and the toll lanes, they do?
by fragmede 9mo ago
> Roads don't make money and no one thinks to complain about that.
Between toll roads, and the toll lanes, they do?
- stevula 9mo agoIf they paid for themselves then the DoT wouldn’t have a multibillion dollar highway budget, and that’s not even including all the state funding.
- porridgeraisin 9mo agoThat is for Capex. Govt can always easily spend Capex, but Opex has to be covered by the users, whether its roads or trains.
- fragmede 9mo agoThe claim wasn't they pay for themselves but that they don't generate any income. If we want to look at externalities, we'd also have to figure out how much the Iraq war cost.