The first ever, second generation e-tollway is due to open this March in Toronto, Canada. But Toronto's system sd demonstrate the iveness with 22 miles of complex toll expressway involving 18 interchanges - and of course, not a single toll booth or coin machine. Second generation toll technology is offered by several high-technology groups. One of them soon will be chosen to install a system on an inner-area connector expressway in Melbourne, Australia. Later this year a system could be installed in the Trans-Israel Highway from south of Tel Aviv to near Haifa.
Taxes are a terrible way to pay for highways.
They put an unfair burden on local citizens and businesses, many of whom get relatively small benefit from the new facility. At the same time others who get huge benefits could pay relatively little. For example, tourists passing through the state and using the new roadway could avoid paying anything toward them. Even if Legislators hike fuel taxes, some of those motorists could tankup out of state and refuel on the other side. Taxes also have a debilitating impact on the economy.