Texans dont like paying twice for their roads,
How many of these “leaders” were receiving kickbacks?
Houston, you do not want toll roads. The Austin area is rife with them and I’ve never heard a good word about them. They snarl up existing roads, are never on schedule, always over-budget, and don’t generate the expected revenues.
Their politicians just want to make Texas New Jersey again.
A lot of States get along without toll roads.
These leaders could try quitting pissing away money on crap the government has no business doing, and they would have plenty of money for roads.
Managed lanes are the newest goal of the anti-transportation planners.
Might I suggest, stop welfare, stop paying illegal immigrants to live in the state and Texans can pretty build what ever they want without digging into their own pockets.
fta... “The more money you pay, the faster ride you get, I don’t like that,” Dixon said. “We need to have a system in Texas that everybody can use for a low cost.”
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That I agree with completely! Why is there this obsession with getting from point A to point B faster?
Big rigs pull reefer trailers so food is frozen/cold and doesn’t spoil. ...People traveling through dense population centers just need to figure the travel time to allow for traffic.
Bureaucrats in the TXDOT keep pushing the toll road crap and that should be investigated to determine who is benefiting from them. ...It’s not the taxpayers!
fta... “The more money you pay, the faster ride you get, I don’t like that,” Dixon said. “We need to have a system in Texas that everybody can use for a low cost.”
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That I agree with completely! Why is there this obsession with getting from point A to point B faster?
Big rigs pull reefer trailers so food is frozen/cold and doesn’t spoil. ...People traveling through dense population centers just need to figure the travel time to allow for traffic.
Bureaucrats in the TXDOT keep pushing the toll road crap and that should be investigated to determine who is benefiting from them. ...It’s not the taxpayers!
Harris County (Houston) has a very cost effective and efficient system of combined Managed Lanes (toll lanes) and “free lanes”. Those who oppose the system are generally “aginners” who do not use toll lanes for a variety of reasons.
Commuting 30 miles in 45 minutes at a cost of $3.50 is very COST effective versus spending 1.5 to 2 hours for the same trip.
My opinions come from designing toll roads and freeways for TxDOT in the Houston region for 30 years.