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[–] TheBuddha [S] ago 

Tolls reduce traffic, every single time. There are zero instances where toll increases or initiations didn't reduce traffic. Even minor increases reduce traffic.

The only exception was when the route was initially a toll road from the very beginning. In that case, we don't have data from the time before the toll was added (of course).

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[–] piratse ago 

I agree that we should price out everyone but the wealthiest on the roads that our property and gas taxes pay for. If they want to continually price people off the roads with tolls, then I expect that I will no longer be forced to pay taxes that are spent on roads. This is becoming a problem where I live because they are building toll roads as major connectors without any free option to take. So you either pay the toll (which is paid to foreign owned interest) or you take a much longer and slower route. But they take land from people to build this road that only the wealthy can use. It's absurd.

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[–] TheBuddha [S] ago 

With whom are you agreeing?

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[–] heygeorge ago 

Fascinating. I hope they are exceptionally careful in how they implement the area.

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[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I haven't studied the traffic on the island since a project there in the early 2000s, so I can't really speculate. There is a fine balancing act with tolls, where too high hinders the economy and too low has less impact than they'd hoped. It's all really dependent on the area.