No, my original examples and questions were based on the actual toll rate changes Dumber than shit gave in the lead post...
By raising the toll from .75 to 1.00, the increased revenue would only be negated if MORE than 1 out of every 4 motorists opted to take alternate routes, which I pointed out may end up costing the motorist more $$...
That means the State would collect the same revenues after 3 vehicles it used to collect after 4...
Humans are creatures of habit...some will refuse to use the toll road based on principle. Some will try other routes and find out it's not worth it. MOST will just grit their teeth, say a few "FU Texas" and pay the nominal toll increase...
The cost of repairs to roads, bridges, guard rails, road marking, signs etc. are REAL...the costs increase in direct proportion to traffic volume...
If Texas can collect the SAME revenue with 3,000 vehicles using the road each day instead of 4,000 vehicles, they are actually AHEAD because the repair costs will decrease.
But hey, we could go back to what Thomas Jefferson envisioned... an agrarian society with little industrialization ... then dirt roads would suffice.
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin D. Roosevelt