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fizzgig

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45. i saw something about that not long ago

Reply to TransitJohn (Reply #15)

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 03:56 PM

Jan 2014

25 needs widening something awful but not like that

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Four toll lanes down the middle of a free-to-drive interstate highway ? wtf is this.... [View all] steve2470 Jan 2014 OP

Wow, this is some bullshit. The main artery through giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #1

Florida yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #35

I was raised there in South Florida & there is no place giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #41

Cost of Living yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #43

Ha ha, my dad keeps trying to convince me to move back giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #47

KR. We paid for the highways when they were built, we paid for maintenance, & now we will pay El_Johns Jan 2014 #2

Welcome to the republican vision for America. nt bluestate10 Jan 2014 #5

We pay tolls on portions of I-95. elleng Jan 2014 #3

but on those portions, isn't everyone forced to pay tolls ? nt steve2470 Jan 2014 #4

Yes. elleng Jan 2014 #6

If everyone is forced to pay tolls, I can live with that steve2470 Jan 2014 #7

No, roads should be tax funded. woo me with science Jan 2014 #16

I'm assuming the tolls elleng refers to go to the state and/or federal governments ? steve2470 Jan 2014 #17

Correct, steve, I-95 tolls go to states and feds elleng Jan 2014 #18

What are you talking about? yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #36

No. Toll lanes in the middle. Free on the edges. DirkGently Jan 2014 #46

The Expresway / Greenway is the most expensive DirkGently Jan 2014 #48

No tolls in Wisconsin for the FREEways, BUT elfin Jan 2014 #8

The worst yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #37

just look at the fucked up shit that happened on I-85 ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2014 #9

we have this going on all around Houston elehhhhna Jan 2014 #10

It's a Republican governor thing.... ccinamon Jan 2014 #11

Maryland yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #38

I live in Orlando distantearlywarning Jan 2014 #12

Less movement also means a more stagnated populous and economy. nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #29

You're paying much more for a lot of things, all in the name of no income tax groundloop Jan 2014 #34

At least they didn't sell the road DefenseLawyer Jan 2014 #13

No kidding and to a foreign business to boot. Privatization republicans love! B Calm Jan 2014 #39

And that money is now all gone. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #49

Perhaps China will be granted the contract solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #14

I MIGHT want to cross a China-built bridge---NOT! WinkyDink Jan 2014 #23

They're going to do it here in Colorado on I-25 TransitJohn Jan 2014 #15

So when the poor peoples lanes are jammed with traffic, you will be able to watch the rich rhett o rick Jan 2014 #19

that's pretty much exactly what happens here in ATL on I-85 ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2014 #20

It's much like the Verizon model against net neutrality. If you aren't prepared to pay to play you Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #28

i saw something about that not long ago fizzgig Jan 2014 #45

They want to do that here too. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #21

No more socialist roads people workinclasszero Jan 2014 #22

Pay to enter banks, stores, malls, etc. WinkyDink Jan 2014 #24

I have my mother's ration booklets from WWII. CrispyQ Jan 2014 #25

I 4 serves as the only route through Orlando liberal N proud Jan 2014 #26

Disney? L0oniX Jan 2014 #33

In Minneapolis you can drive in the HOV lane alone mn9driver Jan 2014 #27

I used to spend $7K a year vacationing in FL. Not anymore. It's going to safe states. TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #30

Hell if it's going to cost me just to drive down the hwy, I think we'll go to B Calm Jan 2014 #44

prohibition was dropped in 2012, allowing a pay-to-drive plan seveneyes Jan 2014 #31

Toll booths owned by Disney? L0oniX Jan 2014 #32

Kansas Turnpike Liberal In Texas Jan 2014 #40

Same with the capital beltway (DC) cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #42