tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7940640458972958593.post8110902542060484091..comments2024-03-19T20:20:10.705+13:00Comments on Road Pricing: Fear that tolling Columbia River Crossing will result in excessive diversionScott Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834128869502195521noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7940640458972958593.post-1231385934383775352011-11-03T04:03:27.986+13:002011-11-03T04:03:27.986+13:00Interesting story. Of note, though, is that Washin...Interesting story. Of note, though, is that Washington Treasurer McIntire doesn't support starting tolls artificially low because it's so politically hard to raise them.<br /><br /> The main concern that keeps coming up about tolls lowering traffic counts is about paying toll bonds due to less traffic, and that's real, but we should be happy about lower traffic count to the extent that it's not about diversion. So let's Figure out how to toll both, and then design and size a facility appropriately to that lower count. The huge cost here isn't the bridge, it's five miles of massive freeway interchanges. The goal here is also not to encourage the traffic, but to manage it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com