tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post7996206627377009035..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Things We Could Have Told YouPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-77503884173337606572009-01-02T08:48:00.000-08:002009-01-02T08:48:00.000-08:00The purpose of road privatization from the point o...The purpose of road privatization from the point of view of politicians is twofold: first, it lets them outsource the responsibility for toll increases, and second, it lets them get kickbacks from 50 years of toll revenues up front. Now, if there's some road project, and the traffic projections don't make it attractive for tolling, then maybe that's a sign that it shouldn't be built at all.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-80955059149229509522009-01-02T04:14:00.000-08:002009-01-02T04:14:00.000-08:00Pan, the article you link to says the report is co...Pan, the article you link to says the report is controversial and many of the people who were commissioned to write it have criticized its conclusions.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-48673914405555108522009-01-01T23:06:00.000-08:002009-01-01T23:06:00.000-08:00As you know, I think the problem is they're tollin...As you know, I think the problem is they're tolling the wrong roads -- they should price the congested roads rather than the new, uncrowded roads.<BR/><BR/>As for privatization, I think TxDOT should just forget about it for now. It doesn't have to privatize roads to price them properly, and privatization just seems to piss people off.Chris Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898652874388575214noreply@blogger.com