congestion tolls

It never surprises me to hear suburban commuters bash congestion tolls.  But I am surprised when a sophisticated transit blogger bashes them.

 Yonah Freemark, who writes the very good the transport politic, is the guilty party.

 He and Ryan Avent have been going back and forth and back again.

 

It never surprises me to hear suburban commuters bash congestion tolls.  But I am surprised when a sophisticated transit blogger bashes them.

 Yonah Freemark, who writes the very good the transport politic, is the guilty party.

 He and Ryan Avent have been going back and forth and back again.

 

Ben Wear discusses (but unfortunately does not link to) a report from a task force created by the Texas legislature to examine TxDot's public-private toll road partnerships.

 These partnerships have stoked a lot of opposition.  The task force offered a mixed evaluation; it is unlikely to settle the debate.

I think privatizing toll roads is a bad idea, at least for now and maybe forever.

Ben Wear discusses (but unfortunately does not link to) a report from a task force created by the Texas legislature to examine TxDot's public-private toll road partnerships.

 These partnerships have stoked a lot of opposition.  The task force offered a mixed evaluation; it is unlikely to settle the debate.

I think privatizing toll roads is a bad idea, at least for now and maybe forever.

I think one thing that confuses people about my support for congestion pricing is that they're not clear what I mean by "congestion pricing."   

There are two kinds of road tolls.  One is a flat rate or flat charge per mile or some variation thereon.  This is the kind of toll TxDOT levies.  I've called these "revenue tolls" in the past, just to distinguish them from congestion pricing.