Pooh Bear wrote:
>
> "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
>
> > The ideal price structure would be one that
> > discourages nonproductive uses of our roadways while not imposing undue
> > burdens on those who make productive use of the resources.
>
> You wish !

The only practical system I can think of to reduce road congestion is to
limit the number of drivers licenses issued in an area. For example, if
the roads in a particular metropolitan area were 20% over capacity and
there were 1 million licensed drivers, just raise the pass/fail criteria
on a periodic renewal test to such a level that only 800,000 drivers
would pass.

Its not perfect, but it gets rid of exactly the people that we* don't
want driving in the first place.

*The problem here is the definition of 'we'. The auto industry stands to
make a lot more money off the 80 year-old geezer that buys a Cadillac
than the average driver. They make even more money if he wrecks it one a
year and comes back for a new one. The industry has more lobbyists than
you or I do.
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Paul Hovnanian
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