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Now consider this: in Texas, there is a plan afoot -- already approved by the legislature -- to turn over 6000 miles of preexisting roads to a foreign Spanish company so that the company can charge tolls on those roads. Drivers will be required to have an RFID tag in their car with will allow their movements to be tracked and cataloged that company (and the state will have access to that information, see http://www.austintollparty.com/). This is not just confined to Texas, there are similar plans in many other states.

The question has to be asked: why is there is this massive push for the governement to know where we are all of the time and have the ability to listen to us. This may just be the insipiant footprint of a police state.

Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.

Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.

Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf

It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

TxDOT's plan to FORCE us on to Toll Roads (see page 10 of TxDOT internal presentation)

Information Highway: "People should be concerned if they are concerned about the privacy of their location" - Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Rick Perry, Special Interests and The Austin Toll Plan

Where is the Money?

Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.

Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.

Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf

It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

TxDOT's plan to FORCE us on to Toll Roads (see page 10 of TxDOT internal presentation)

Information Highway: "People should be concerned if they are concerned about the privacy of their location" - Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Rick Perry, Special Interests and The Austin Toll Plan

Where is the Money?

Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.

Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.

Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf

It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

TxDOT's plan to FORCE us on to Toll Roads (see page 10 of TxDOT internal presentation)

Information Highway: "People should be concerned if they are concerned about the privacy of their location" - Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Rick Perry, Special Interests and The Austin Toll Plan

Where is the Money?

Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.

Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.

Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf

It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

TxDOT's plan to FORCE us on to Toll Roads (see page 10 of TxDOT internal presentation)

Information Highway: "People should be concerned if they are concerned about the privacy of their location" - Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Rick Perry, Special Interests and The Austin Toll Plan

Where is the Money?

Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.

Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.

Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf

It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

TxDOT's plan to FORCE us on to Toll Roads (see page 10 of TxDOT internal presentation)

Information Highway: "People should be concerned if they are concerned about the privacy of their location" - Lee Tien, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Rick Perry, Special Interests and The Austin Toll Plan

Where is the Money?

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.

From this page:

Most people are familiar with the current Dallas and Houston Tollway Systems. To illustrate one problem with the Austin Plan, compare Toll Road Miles per million people: Houston has 17, the city of Dallas has 13, and Austin will have more than 113! If you look at the Dallas and Houston maps, you'll notice those cities, (as other cities with toll roads throughout the United States) have a simple loop or E/W and N/S tollways as additional "new" road options. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, and they complement the existing highways. The toll plans we all know in the past are built with investor dollars, are new roads, took years to carefully plan and they complement the existing highways. The Austin toll plan is built with our tax dollars and the toll roads become our existing highways. The Austin plan was rushed and approved within 3 months. If this doesn't look like a boondoggle, what does?

The Austin Toll Plan - Download Larger Map:
Shifts allmost every local Highway to Toll Roads.
Uses Billions of our tax dollars to finance the Toll Roads. In the past Toll Roads were built with 80% bonds...these toll roads are built with 80% of our tax dollars.
Seizes over $100 Million of our tax financed roads/projects in Austin and converts them to Toll Roads. See .pdf
It's not a transportation solution, it's a "Revenue Generator", a Boondoggle for special interests.