[Publius Valerius]

It's also worth noting that tolling a highway on a major trade corridor makes a lot of sense for simple economic/operational reasons -- because it forces users who have both a start and end point outside the region to pay for their use of the system.

Yes, thank you! This is a point that is, for some reason, lost on most people. The Indiana Toll Road, for instance, essentially serves to move truck traffic from New York to Chicago, and despite that these people don't pay Indiana taxes, the road exists almost exclusively for their use. Toll away.

[lentulusgracchus]

The Indiana Toll Road, for instance, essentially serves to move truck traffic from New York to Chicago, ....these people don't pay Indiana taxes, the road exists almost exclusively for their use.

That must not be Gary and Hammond, Indiana, I see near the western end, on my clearly marked map of Indiana.

And that must not be South Bend, home of Notre Dame, in the middle.

Break out the sensitivity curves! Let's slap a really big toll on that sucker!