Policy makers have been hearing a great deal about how privately financed and operated toll roads may be the best solution to the nation's chronic underinvestment in its highway system. This commentary provides some background about these examples of privatization and outlines the questions that policy makers should ask when they consider the latest private toll road proposal.
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