[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

"Guess how many roads pay for themselves in taxes? Zero. Not a one. Most of them are less than 50 percent," said Krusee.

Does anybody know what percentage of state and federal gasoline taxes go directly to highway construction and maintenance?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Higher rush-hour tolls may help pay for freeways

[Red Badger]

Florida’s Turnpike is a toll road that we have had for decades. It works well and is good for tourism and transportation. Why is Texas having such heartburn over a toll-road?.................

[Blood of Tyrants]

"If the road gets really congested, you just raise the price until some people decide to use alternatives, and that road is free-flow,"

Except that the vast majority of people have no control over when they have to be at work or when they can leave.

[girlscout]

And yet it’s a Spanish company that will actually profit from the toll roads and not the states in which they lay ... at least for the next 75 years or so.

[rrrod]

GOT TAR...GOT FEATHERS?

[deport]

The Katy Tollway along I-10 in the Houston area is just about ready to open. They are putting up the signage, etc now.........

Katy Tollway

One of the unique features of the new I-10/Katy Freeway will be the Katy Tollway/Managed Lanes - the first multi-lane electronic tollway in the nation with full design standards that will operate within the right of way of an interstate highway providing multiple entrance and exit locations to drivers. The new Katy Tollway/Managed Lanes will replace the single contra-flow METRO-operated High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane, located today in the center of the I-10/Katy Freeway. The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) will operate and maintain the Katy Tollway/Managed Lanes.

[weegee]

The Feds are going to be upset about losing their grip on state highfunds as a means of passing legislation that the federal government cannot directly pass.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Seriously talk to both New Jersey and Massachusetts, if you REALLY want to talk about tolls!

[Sarajevo]

Guess how many roads pay for themselves in taxes? Zero. Not a one. Most of them are less than 50 percent," said Krusee. That's basically what's happening with transportation. We're letting people use our roads for three cents a mile, when it costs us 20 to 30 cents a mile."

Maybe we should change the amendment to the Texas Constitution permitting 25% of fuel taxes to be siphoned off for education and "special projects". Oh- you're "letting" us use our roadways for 3 cents per mile, and it costs you....since when is this an us vs. them issue?

Krusee noted that both the state and federal government will collect less and less money from gas tax revenues as residents buy more fuel efficient cars or drive less.

Cry me a river, Krusee. You weren't crying that loud when everyone was driving an SUV at warp speed, sucking huge amounts of fuel. Learn to budget or get out and open the position to somepne who can.

[wolfcreek]

It seems to me the state of Texas did a better job maintaining, cleaning and designing our roadways before they started subbing the work out to private contractors. (Yes, I know what I’m saying might not be popular)

I mean, we don’t even get roadkill removed anymore.

[SecAmndmt]

Let’s have an audit of federal and state gas tax revenues and the relevant trust funds.

Is this money being used exclusively for road maintenance and construction?

I have no problem paying excise taxes on gasoline, but I do not think that it is reasonable to be spending ~$100/month on tolls just for the privilege of commuting to work in a reasonable amount of time.