Why toll roads are a bad idea

It's an essay by James Baxter of the National Motorists Association titled "Why Toll Roads Are a Bad Idea." An excerpt:

Toll roads are an inefficient, backwards approach to providing public highways. Worse, they foster corruption, political patronage, and discourage needed improvements on the rest of the highway system.
Don't be fooled by the references to "free-market principles," "proper pricing," "supply and demand," and "economic incentives" from those selling the for-profit roadways. The truth is, any resemblance to free-market principles is more illusion than fact.

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2011/11/in_honor_of_chris_christies_up.html