Incentives are great but will be lost on bureaucrats. Its not their money. Now if it were a private system, that would be another matter
But there would be plenty of incentive to move traffic through as fast as possible, just as there is to move people through theaters and restaurants as fast as possible.
And, as with theaters and restaurants and motels and many other things, private roads would charge you more at peak times. People would try to travel at cheaper times if possible and try to reschedule activities. Traffic would actually keep flowing at the pace that gets the most cars through the network.
And this would actually reduce the amount of road building required. People would have more incentive to take mass transit. And we'd have less smog and less stress because people wouldn't be stuck in traffic on a daily basis.
And we could lower taxes. Road building is expensive and so is defending the oil. People who use the roads the most would be the ones paying for them.
But there would be plenty of incentive to move traffic through as fast as possible, just as there is to move people through theaters and restaurants as fast as possible.
And, as with theaters and restaurants and motels and many other things, private roads would charge you more at peak times. People would try to travel at cheaper times if possible and try to reschedule activities. Traffic would actually keep flowing at the pace that gets the most cars through the network.
And this would actually reduce the amount of road building required. People would have more incentive to take mass transit. And we'd have less smog and less stress because people wouldn't be stuck in traffic on a daily basis.
And we could lower taxes. Road building is expensive and so is defending the oil. People who use the roads the most would be the ones paying for them.