Talk:Private highway

message: I am in Richmond and we have the Pocahontas Parkway to show for the new public-private partnership. This one is a bit anemic volume-wise and has a stiff toll, recently increased. However, IMHO, the road would not ever have been built if it had to wait for placement on VDOT's 5 and 10 years plans, due to both the high cost and politics, and will be able to meet its debt. The high cost was due to the high level bridge over the James River. The politics are basically that it hurt the City of Richmond the most, hurt Henrico County to a lesser degree, and benefited Chesterfield County. Those 3 are the dominant factors in Richmond metro affairs. When a new exit is created for the Richmond International Airport, I think the volume will increase. Despite the high tolls, savvy commercial users will go for the time and mileage savings. Not all projects can deliver both, but this one does, even with the high toll. 
Mark in Richmond Vaoverland 15:16, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC) (copied from user talk page)
:Sounds good, have you seen any interesting articles or other resources about that highway? I will try to get in touch with Peter Samuel also (of Toll Road News) and see what he has to say. Rad Racer | Talk 15:46, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collaboration 

message: I have reorganized the article. The background section will include a brief historical overview, bringing the subject from ancient times to the present. There will be some mostly theoretical arguments for/against, and then the section about the individual roadways. Most importantly, every fact will have a citable source, so it will be more useful for students and others looking for more information. This will take awhile though, because I know little about this subject beyond the economic theory, and have to research all the facts from scratch. Rad Racer | Talk 17:26, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: Adams Avenue Turnpike, Emerald Mountain Expressway, Foley Beach Expressway, Burnside Expressway, Poinciana Parkway -  --SPUI (talk) 17:30, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A few private "developer toll roads" to look up

message: If the definition of a private highways is that it is owned by a private company rather than government then this article should be renamed or contain some real examples from the rest of the world.  The India example doesn't seem to fit the description.
 
The statement Private highways have been constructed all over Europe needs some justification.  Italy's Autostade are still owned by the government.  The Autostrade Group builds, manages and operates tolls on the network.  Similarly, the M6 Toll in the UK was built, and is operated privately under a 53 year concession from the UK government.--ReddyRose 08:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt there is a privately held road in the world which does not suffer from government intervention. In France, the government has appointed a body who can sets toll prices, not really a market at work if you ask me, but plain old dirigisme by politicans and government bureaucrats. Intangible 22:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I would have to agree that the statement all over Europe needs to be backed up.  The only mentions of Europe is Italy and a 27 mile highway in the UK.  That is hardly "all over Europe."  I just noticed that the picture in the article is of a highway in France, but it is not mentioned in the article itself.  --Holderca1 20:07, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename Private highways of North America? 

message: I was thinking that we might call the article highway privatization, but that seems to pertain more to the process of bringing government highways under private ownership/operation, to the exclusion of those highways that start out as private ventures. Yet, "private" has the connotation of "confined to particular persons or groups," which may not be accurate in the case of highways such as the Dulles Greenway which are publicly accessible. For similar reasons, those who support separation of school and state often prefer to call public schools "government schools" and private schools "independent schools". What is the most appropriate nomenclature for this article? Sarsaparilla (talk) 22:09, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming of this article

message: http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/24/smbusiness/high_tolls.fsb/index.htm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarsaparilla (talk • contribs) 04:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More articles

message: As there are potentially dozens of countries that could be listed as having private highways, I'm going to list them under continents instead. Given phenomena such as that Texas/Mexico highway, this regional approach may make good sense anyway. Sarsaparilla (talk) 13:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Countries vs. continents

message: How shall we handle the overlap of this article with Toll roads around the world? Sarsaparilla (talk) 01:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Overlap with [[toll roads around the world]]

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