[403] in libertarians
Re: Road Privitization
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul D. Eccles)
Mon Nov 14 16:24:21 1994
From: "Paul D. Eccles" <pde@sd.inri.com>
To: tjic@ICD.teradyne.com (Travis Corcoran) (Travis Corcoran)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 94 13:06:51 PST
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9411142018.AA19947@difrel.ICD.Teradyne.COM>; from "Travis Corcoran" at Nov 14, 94 3:18 pm
> A private company would have the normal incentive of profit to
> maintain its roads.
That assumes the company has some worthy competitors. If I want to get from
San Diego to Los Angeles currently there is only 1 freeway for about half the
distance. Who ever owns it owns it has the primary route to LA. Unless
another company want to come in and build a better road with better service
I am stuck. Of course if the service got so bad I could take a roundabout
way adding some 50 more miles.
Road privitization is an interesting concept. Maybe some state is willing to
give it a try for some of their roads. For those states with lots of winter
snow, the people could defi itely benefit from getting the roads cleared a lot
quicker. A loss of revenue from snow bound roads is a great incentive to
keep them clear.
Paul Eccles
