Posted on 10/20/2017 10:54:23 AM PDT by bgill
During the first full operational week of the northbound MoPac Express Lane, the most expensive transaction was $8.38 for the entire trip from downtown Austin to Parmer Lane. That peak cost happened on Thursday, Oct. 12.
A spokesperson for the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority says while that number may seem high, only a handful of people paid that price for a 3-minute window between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. that day.
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Take that city and shove it. Liberal rathole that sucks the life out of Texas.
Can anyone explain how the toll is calculated. It sounds like a variable price based on traffic?
I took the toll road around Austin just last Friday. It was the first time ever I actually had bumper to bumper traffic on 130. Very frustrating. I could not set the cruise at 85 mph as usual.
But still - I consoled myself with what I35 must have been like.
Yes, variable price based on traffic. Rush hour costs more than 2 am.
$8 morning rush hour and evening rush hour X 5 times a week = $80/wk. or one day of gross pay for someone making $10/hr.
130 does not allow waiving the toll for disabled vets.
Ah, thank you. So it’s a road for the wealthy. And the working class have to stay on I-35 huh? Only Austin could figure out a way to do segregation on the whole highway system. The bus thing was child’s play, apparently.
For $8 on that short trip, I would expect a 90 MPH police escort and a small piece of the road mounted to a lacquered cherry plaque with my name on it.
I don’t see the problem. Capitalistic solution to a public problem.
Supply-and-demand: some people are willing to pay more to bypass traffic; raise price until toll-lane density drops to speed-limit rate.
Without that toll, the general traffic flow would be about same, but leave the hurried no option.
Sometimes $8 for 11 miles in 11 minutes is worth it.
Those for whom it’s not worth it, well, free lanes are right there.
“So it’s a road for the wealthy.”
You’re a socialist?
Nah. I was just rolling out a bunch of liberal puking points to make fun of Austin.
I lived there for about 4 years.
Currently, the peak hours toll on I-405 in King County, WA is $10. Lowest off-peak toll is $0.75.
I am so glad most people live in the concrete jungle. It gives me plenty of room to enjoy my 100 acres here in theWestern NC mountains. I live in the only county in NC that doesn’t have a McDonalds.
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