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The push comes as the country's Highway Trust Fund, financed with taxes Americans pay at the gas pump, is broke. Americans don't buy as much gas as they used to. Cars get many more miles to the gallon. The federal tax itself, 18.4 cents per gallon, hasn't gone up in 20 years. Politicians are loath to raise the tax even one penny when gas prices are high.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-roads-black-boxes-20131027,0,6090226.story#axzz2iwj0MfXO
Here in Ontario we have the ETR 407 Highway:
The 407 uses a system of cameras and transponders to toll vehicles automatically. There are no toll booths, hence the name "Express Toll Route" (ETR). It is one of the earliest examples of a highway that exclusively uses open road tolling. Highway 407 is designed as a normal freeway with interchanges connecting directly to surface streets, without the need for toll booth intermediaries (typically via atrumpet interchange) which could otherwise take up significant land. A radio antenna detects when a vehicle with a transponder has entered and exited the highway, calculating the toll rate. For vehicles without a transponder, an automatic number plate recognition system is used. Monthly statements are mailed to users.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_407
One of the issues we have here is who pays for the police on a private highway? Technically they should have their own police and not use the Ontario Provincial Police. I ride this to avoid traffic on the 401 Highway which is south of it. I think it's worth the money to avoid the headache.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-roads-black-boxes-20131027,0,6090226.story#axzz2iwj0MfXO
Here in Ontario we have the ETR 407 Highway:
The 407 uses a system of cameras and transponders to toll vehicles automatically. There are no toll booths, hence the name "Express Toll Route" (ETR). It is one of the earliest examples of a highway that exclusively uses open road tolling. Highway 407 is designed as a normal freeway with interchanges connecting directly to surface streets, without the need for toll booth intermediaries (typically via atrumpet interchange) which could otherwise take up significant land. A radio antenna detects when a vehicle with a transponder has entered and exited the highway, calculating the toll rate. For vehicles without a transponder, an automatic number plate recognition system is used. Monthly statements are mailed to users.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_407
One of the issues we have here is who pays for the police on a private highway? Technically they should have their own police and not use the Ontario Provincial Police. I ride this to avoid traffic on the 401 Highway which is south of it. I think it's worth the money to avoid the headache.