What does Metro have to do with it?
Is it legal to charge tolls on a FEDERAL interstate highway?
Wouldn't toll booths create another bottleneck and eat up real estate?
What about the “greenhouse gas” and fuel burned by cars ripping out of the toll booths?
Yes. The New Jersey DOT has been doing this for years on the portion of I-95 that is part of the New Jersey Turnpike. The flip side to the coin is that they don't get nearly as much federal highway money as a result.
It’s a stupid idea.
I’d rather they leave it as is.
It’s a pain, but it’s a free pain.
>What does Metro have to do with it?<
For one thing, Metro has taxing authority without representation, so it is unaccountable to anyone but its agenda, which is getting everyone out of their cars (control).
Another thing is Metro has to do with the light rail that’s being shoved down our throats in spite of the fact that light rail has been voted down twice in Clark County! Incidentally, Vancouver’s mayor is going along with it, too.
Ripping out of a toll booth and green house gas can be made exception for when ripping off from a toll booth is in the equation. Truly money is a root of all sorts of evil... At least in evil peoples hands.