On Thursday, October 7, 2004 at 13:55:36 (-0400) Frank, Ellen writes: >There was talk several years ago in MA about "privatizing" some >of the state highways. At the time, a lawyer friend told me >highway privatization would never work, because the liability/ >litigation problems for investors would be a nightmare. I >suspect what is happening in Texas is public freeways being >converted to public toll roads?
I think so. >There is a school of thought in economics that advocates >peak-travel time tolls to reduce congestion. Is that what's being >advocated in Texas? Not as far as I know. It's across the board. Bill
