Washington: Toll Roads Re-Direct Congestion
July 20, 2012 Link to Driving News Summary
Imposing tolls on freeways and tunnels may not actually reduce congestion. An analysis of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) suggest tolling merely takes the traffic that would otherwise have been on the high-capacity highway and transfers it to another, untolled route — usually a lower-capacity side street.







