Economists love toll systems because they’re essentially a use-tax: drive more, pay more.

Unfortunately, they’re also a regressive tax. Poor people generally drive more because they can’t afford to live near their work/school/etc. So, the additional tax revenue is mostly extracted from the people who are the least capable of changing their behavior and have the least disposable income.

Damn this one hurts.

I can’t remember if this was purely comical at the time or anticipatory/dark humor.

Not disagreeing with your core point but infrastructure is never paid off.

Upkeep on a mile of asphalt is way more than I expected and I live somewhere temperate.

Have you considered one of the alternative brokers which offer pay as you go liability coverage?

One example: https://www.withhugo.com/

Jai alai?

Just fyi:

• performant == effective
• performative == related to artistic/dramatic performance