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  • Tired of Traffic Jams? Try a Toll House

    11/17/2005 3:10:51 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 39 replies · 873+ views
    Axcess News ^ | November 16, 2005 | Issac Wolf
    (AXcess News) Washington - Drivers who are sick of rush-hour gridlock may one day soon be able to buy their way out by paying to get into toll road lanes. That's the goal of some environmental and transportation groups, one of which made a sweeping call Tuesday for highway planners to consider tolls as an option for every new U.S. road. Led by the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, lobbyists said toll roads would help improve under-funded transportation projects by connecting them to private investors' capital. "There's a transportation funding crisis in this country," said Patrick D. Jones, the...