[413] in libertarians
Re: Road Privitization
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (solman@MIT.EDU)
Tue Nov 15 06:32:49 1994
From: solman@MIT.EDU
To: "Paul D. Eccles" <pde@sd.inri.com>
Cc: tjic@ICD.teradyne.com (Travis Corcoran) (Travis Corcoran),
libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Nov 1994 13:06:51 PST."
<199411142106.AA18835@zymurgy>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 06:24:06 EST
> > 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.
You can't privatize just SOME roads because they are competing with
government roads that are MASSIVELY subsidized.
JWS
