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Congress in the 1950s expressly rejected tolls as a way of financing the nation's interstate highways. But the Bush Administration, faced with an aging freeway system and a lack of money for building and maintenance, is rethinking the idea. Mary E. Peters, head of the Federal Highway Administration, has called Perry's TTC plan a "bold concept." President Bush has threatened to veto any increase in the nation's 18.4¢ gasoline tax and has expressed support for tolls on interstate highways. Other states, such as California, Missouri and Minnesota, are closely watching the Texas toll experiment...
...billion a year in revenues from the corridors. Kara Kockelman at the University of Texas' Center for Transportation Research warns that NAFTA-generated trade could decline and unforeseen crises, like the terrorist attacks in 2001, could affect travel. The state has had to buy back its first private toll road--promoted by a former Democratic candidate for Governor, Tony Sanchez--for $20 million...
...toll issue could come back to haunt the Governor, who is up for re-election in 2006. Perry's hefty donations from construction firms have been noted by public watchdogs. Since 1997, he has received more than $1 million from highway interests, according to reports filed with the Texas ethics commission. Two Republican rivals--Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and state comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn--have opposed the tolling of existing roads. Perry now says he, too, is against conversions, but notes that those decisions are up to local authorities...
...gradually across the country over the next nine months, with consumers in Western states beginning first. The Midwest will go live March 1, the South June 1, and the East and U.S. Territories on Sept. 1. The three major credit bureaus--Equifax, Experian and TransUnion--have set up a toll-free phone line (877-322-8228) to handle requests, or you can send a written request to Annual Credit Report Request Service, P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta...
...that's just the start. Over the past year, the city has hounded dog owners to buy pet licenses, dispatched investigators to public garages in search of registration-sticker scofflaws and agreed to lease its Chicago Skyway toll road to a private company for $1.83 billion over 99 years...