Texas Rebellion Against Privatization |
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dickboyd
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NEW YORK THRUWAY AUTHORITY (NYSTA)
Perhaps someone has some insight into the formation of NYSTA (circa 1946). In my mind, this is THE most successful toll road. There are also some toll bridges that are good, but for a major highway, NYSTA is tops in my book. NYSTA is worth a look see for historical interest if not how to model a toll system of roads. Where is Robert Moses when you really need him? dickboyd@aol.com |
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Bob
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The battle against the tolling of Texas highways continues. The TX legislature is dealing with the issue of the contract relationship between the state and the toll companies when a toll project is taken over by the state. Texas is saying that if they terminate a toll project, the toll companies will only be compensated for their existing investment to that point. Get this -- the toll company argument is that they can claim a part of what the future revenues WOULD HAVE been! And of course the guy that runs Toll Roads news agrees with them. Virginia is so naive on this. They don't know what future legal battles await 10 years down the road.
http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/115 |
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If you scroll down that last link, you'll notice that the bottom article references the NAFTA Superhighway. That's the one side of the argument - some people trying to make a buck. The other side is the NIMBY crowd.
Having lived down there, and still going there on occasion, I'm with the NIMBY crowd. No one needs to spoil the openness of the Kerrville/Fredericksburg area... That said, anyone been down there lately and seen the congestion on 35? Road size has doubled in the past 10-15 years (between San Antonio and Austin anyway) and it's getting more congested all the time. |
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Bob
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Victory in Texas against toll plans and corrupt politicos. They have a veto proof majority in Austin that will thwart the pro toll Governor. Fantastic. I wish we could generate even half of their political activism. Wow.
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Bob
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Take a look at this article on the Texas toll rebellion and their concern about non-compete clauses. We cann look to Texas to see where we will be in a few years. http://tollroadsnews.info/artman/publish/article_1773.shtml |
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I've been following that fight for awhile. It is less a fight about toll roads per se, than about cutting a private-enterprise highway through some backyards. It is kind of like the power lines debate along I66.
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It seems like some lawmakers admit tolls are destined to fail in the long run.
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Bob
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here is a link to a huge blog site with many articles on the brewing rebellion in Texas against the massive plans to create toll roads and privatize existing roads. Scroll down through the initial articles to get to the good stuff. http://corridornews.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_corridornews_archive.html |
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