Fixing America's Freeways.

• Author: Henigson, Steve
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

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The high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane is a good idea whose time has come, and electronic billing for HOT lane use is a viable system ("Fixing America's Freeways," February). The flaw in the existing concept becomes apparent when I drive from Seattle down to Los Angeles: The electronic transponder on my car that permits me to use the Seattle area's bridges doesn't work on L.A.'s 91 Freeway. Nor will it work on bridges and tunnels into New York City.

Electronic billing for HOT lane use can be...