tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post6872955284958006556..comments2023-10-31T03:35:59.876-07:00Comments on once i wanted to be the greatest: Before Austin was sliced in halfryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371313291486703652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-21400270381827051472008-05-20T15:38:00.000-07:002008-05-20T15:38:00.000-07:00Those pictures are pretty awesome, too.Those pictures are pretty awesome, too.bhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900492354634053246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-48840875618238342862008-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:002008-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:00I've got no love for I35, but I think that dude ov...I've got no love for I35, but I think that dude overstates how easy his proposal would be. <BR/><BR/>First, as far as I understand it, it's not really something Austin can do. Austin can propose something via CAMPO, but wouldn't TxDOT would have to make the decision? <BR/><BR/>It's also not clear to me where this $557 million dollar price tag comes from, but it seems pretty low. That aside, though, he thinks it's going to come from "mostly federal and state funds"? There's not money in either of those places to keep up with maintenance to existing highways, let along building new ones (which brings me back to the theme of the overall uselessness and wastefulness of the gasoline tax at its current rates: http://interestingdiscussions.<BR/>blogspot.com/2008/05/<BR/>what-to-do-about-gas-tax.html).<BR/><BR/>I like his point about toll roads. They are a plausible source of revenue for such things (and certainly a more equitable one than the gas tax).bhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900492354634053246noreply@blogger.com