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Toll Roads

A sign at an entrance to the Sam Houston Tollway | HR Green

Police Abuse

The Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects a 'Very Narrow Approach' to Deadly Force by Police

The decision revives a lawsuit against a Texas officer who shot a driver after endangering himself by jumping onto a moving car.

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2025 3:00 PM

A photo of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, taken from shore | Jerry Jackson/TNS/Newscom

Congress

Taxpayers Outside Maryland Shouldn't Pay To Rebuild a Toll Bridge Inside Maryland

Part of the 1,500-page spending bill Congress is expected to pass this week would obligate federal taxpayers to fund the Key Bridge replacement.

Eric Boehm | 12.18.2024 2:30 PM

A Tesla sits in traffic, with a front-facing license plate that says "ZERO EMISSIONS" | Adrian825 | Dreamstime.com

Electric cars

Should Drivers Have To Pay More To Register Electric Vehicles?

Texas's $200 annual E.V. fees seem like a lot of money but is largely in line with what owners would likely pay in gas taxes.

Joe Lancaster | 5.25.2023 8:00 AM

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure Bill Tries To Boost Number of Toll Roads While Exempting Almost All Drivers From Tolls

A new grant program that would help states set up privately operated toll roads would also forbid charging tolls to anyone making under $400,000 a year.

Christian Britschgi | 8.16.2021 4:10 PM

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus Is Devastating State Budgets. Is Leasing Toll Roads to Private Operators the Answer?

Leasing state toll roads could provide the revenue states need to improve their balance sheets.

Christian Britschgi | 8.25.2020 2:05 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Mistaken Identity

Charles Oliver | 6.4.2020 4:00 AM

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Transportation Policy

Would Building Speed-Limit-Free Highway Lanes Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

One California legislator wants to combat global warming with more roadways.

Christian Britschgi | 2.25.2019 2:05 PM

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Economics

Hate Traffic? Learn to Love Congestion Pricing.

Christian Britschgi | 4.21.2018 6:00 AM

Roads

Toll Roads and Political Ignorance

Economics 101 indicates that toll roads can help solve the problem of traffic congestion. But public ignorance often prevents government from acting on this basic insight.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2017 2:30 PM

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Toll Roads

There's No Such Thing as a Free Ride

Dynamic tolling is no more "price gouging" than any time prices go up because of a scarcity of supply.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.13.2017 12:00 PM

Large image on homepages | Andre Jenny Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom

Surveillance

New York's Cashless Toll Road Program a Recipe for Surveillance Abuse

License plate readers, facial recognition software, and registration suspensions-a dangerous combination.

Scott Shackford | 12.28.2016 3:30 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Pay as You Go

Charles Oliver | 6.6.2016 4:00 AM

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Policy

How to Fix Southern California's Traffic Problems

The Reason Foundation releases its Southern California mobility plan.

Matt Welch and Justin Monticello | 11.20.2015 9:30 AM

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Reasontv

America's Highways Need That Trillion Dollars Congress Already Spent

Q&A with Reason Foundation's Bob Poole

Matt Welch and Justin Monticello | 8.24.2015 12:38 PM

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Politics

Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services

The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.

Matt Welch, Joshua Swain, and Jim Epstein | 5.19.2015 1:00 PM

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Politics

Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services

The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.

Matt Welch, Joshua Swain, and Jim Epstein | 5.19.2015 12:30 PM

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Policy

Who's Going to Pay for New Highways?

Our Interstates are wearing out. Here's what we need to do to fix them.

Robert Poole | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

Policy

Think Roads Are Always a Public Good? Think Again

Stephanie Slade | 10.14.2014 4:24 PM

Politics

Conservatives Should Embrace Obama's Plan For Tolls to Rebuild Interstate Highways

The president's plan would actually give states more control, tap the private sector's capital, and move the country closer to the Tea Party's user-pays principles.

Robert Poole | 7.16.2014 3:00 PM

Policy

Troubled PA Turnpike Authority Hikes Tolls, Again

Getting pricey

Reason Staff | 7.30.2013 8:28 AM

Politics

Government Agencies Among Major Toll Dodgers in Bay Area

California Dept. of Corrections alone notched 320 violations

Reason Staff | 5.7.2013 1:24 PM

Policy

California Manages To Lose Money on Toll Roads

That's quite an accomplishment

Reason Staff | 4.12.2013 4:40 PM

Politics

Brickbat: Highway Robbery

Charles Oliver | 3.14.2013 6:00 AM

Politics

Judge Suspends Tolls at Crescent City Connection in Lousiana, Orders Revote on Toll Extension Issue

Voters approved extending tolls for 20 years by a 36 vote margin, but provisional ballots did not include the local races

Reason Staff | 3.6.2013 11:56 AM

Policy

Audit: Pennsylvania Turnpike Officials, Employees, and Friends Receiving "Generous Perks"

John Ross | 1.13.2013 2:30 PM

Policy

LA Tickets 12,000 Drivers over New Toll Lanes

Wanting more than $18,000 from those who drove in lanes without paying

Reason Staff | 11.29.2012 7:40 PM

Politics

Fixing Chicago's Traffic Gridlock: Reason's Adrian Moore and Sam Staley

Joshua Swain | 11.25.2012 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge: Motorists Can be Held Indefinitely at Toll Booths

A lawsuit over a practice in Florida of documenting the paying of tolls with large denominations was thrown out.

Reason Staff | 9.25.2012 9:22 AM

Policy

Toll Road Deal Forbids Enhancing Competing Routes

This struck somebody as a good idea?

Reason Staff | 9.18.2012 12:52 PM

Politics

While Congress Dawdles With Stopgap Transportation Bill, Poll Shows 77 Percent Against Raising Gas Tax and 58 Percent Prefer Tolls Over Taxes

Emily Ekins | 3.30.2012 12:35 PM

Politics

While Congress Dawdles With Stopgap Transportation Bill, Poll Shows 77 Percent Against Raising Gas Tax and 58 Percent Prefer Tolls Over Taxes

Emily Ekins | 3.30.2012 12:33 PM

Politics

77 Percent of Americans Oppose Gas Tax Increase, 58 Percent Favor Tolls Instead

Emily Ekins | 1.6.2012 3:33 PM

Politics

77 Percent of Americans Oppose Gas Tax Increase, 58 Percent Favor Tolls Instead

Emily Ekins | 1.6.2012 3:33 PM

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