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It is a exactly the idea that everyone else sits in traffic. That’s the whole point of HOT lanes. They establish a market price on lost time due to traffic.

This is a stupid game. No toll and you cry “induced demand”. Toll and you cry “not fair”. And then in another breath complain that roads are subsidized and people are not paying the full cost.[/quote]

Those are just statements of fact.

-If there are no tolls, then there will be induced demand.

-If there are tolls, then the people who don't pay the tolls will sit in the same traffic (or maybe worse traffic) than before.

-The roads are subsidized, and drivers are not paying the full costs of driving.

It's up to you to decide how you want those facts to affect your opinions.

If Hogan were proposing to toll existing lanes, and Hogan were not proposing to do everything at supposedly $0 taxpayer expense because a for-profit company is going to do it all, then we could have a discussion about putting a market price on driving. Neither is true, however. Hogan is promising a free lunch for everyone, and you know there's no such thing as a free lunch.[/quote]

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