[1rudeboy]

So long, I'm done with this thread.

Again you evacuate a tollroad thread when I'm about to point out your misconceptions . . . I was going to talk about trucking . . . and what makes you think that a trucker is capable of doing a cost/benefit analysis that will always cause him to favor an option other than using a tollroad. And your 85 cent/mile California toll road, what is it, two miles long? Is it a bridge?

[BobL]

Ok - I'm back.

As far as the independent trucker goes, it's not too hard for them to figure out what to do when it's either paying $200 in tolls (right out of their pocket) to go 400 miles - and then having nothing to do for 4 hours, or not paying tolls and having nothing to do for 1 hour. And yes - that does happen with independent truckers - THEY ARE NOT THAT DUMB!

As for the California highway - specifically, it is toll lanes that were added to State Highway 91. The lanes were very cheap to build, as the ROW was already down the center of the highway. They are 10 miles long and charge 85 cents per mile on Thursday and Friday PM rush hours. The reason that they can charge so much is that the traffic sucks on the alternatives. That may be ok with you, but I'd rather have lower tolls and more concrete - unfortunately Perry just closed out that option by giving Cintra their monopoly.

Anything else?