This article is about fairness. Do you think it is fair to destroy their premise in the first paragraph?
Nothing in the rest of the article redeemed it.
The truth of the matter is that if it were up to private companies, they'd put up their hard earned money to create toll roads. However, nobody ever wants to put up private money to build light rail. It's a boondoggle that can only be built with massive amounts of subsidies from people who will never ride it. And only after they underestimate the cost and overestimate ridership.