CA 91 had managed toll lanes added inside the still existing FREE LANES. The variable pricing is to try and maintain speeds of 55mph in the toll lanes by raising prices whenever the lanes start to bog down. Since there is always the parallel freeway option, how the heck is the gov't telling someone when to drive?
It is basic supply and demand, and when the demand is so high that it overwhelms capacity, these ADDITIONAL toll lanes are a good idea to provide another alternative. The driver then has a choice of continuing to travel for free or pay a premium to bypass the congestion. That's called capitalism.
But since you claim to have spoken on camera at a meeting about toll roads 4 years ago, obviously all this has been pointed out to you before, yet you choose to exaggerate and lie about it. Tells me all I need to know about you.
"It is basic supply and demand, and when the demand is so high that it overwhelms capacity, these ADDITIONAL toll lanes are a good idea to provide another alternative. The driver then has a choice of continuing to travel for free or pay a premium to bypass the congestion. That's called capitalism.
But since you claim to have spoken on camera at a meeting about toll roads 4 years ago, obviously all this has been pointed out to you before, yet you choose to exaggerate and lie about it. Tells me all I need to know about you."
Getting a personal. Oh well. I'm not sure how you link my opposition to what was they were doing to Katy to the TTC plan (since they're several years apart), so I'll that one go.
Now, you may call it capitalism when the government gets into punishing people who don't obey their edicts on how to live their lives. I tend to have another term for it...