TOLLS * USA - Calif. Lawmakers OK Freeway Toll Lanes in L.A.

California legislators have passed a bill that permits the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to turn carpool lanes on two Los Angeles highways into toll lanes

CAL,USA -ITS America/Associated Press -30 Aug 2008: -- Fees would be based on how heavy the traffic is, but the bill obliges MTA to offer discounted tolls for low-income travelers... MTA will use a $211 million federal grant for the initiative. The deadline by which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must sign the bill into law is Sept. 30...(Photo by Peter Wynn Thompson/The New York Times - Chicago has been at the forefront of putting its infrastructure into private hands)