@diokan
You forgot religion

@Spark, The Virginia Corporate Transportation Act of 1988 is the bill that allows the privatization of roads in Virginia. When it was written, one of the clauses stated that the rates cannot be set so high as to discourage people from driving on the road. I and many people I personally know do not drive on the road because it is way too expensive. How many people have to not drive on the road before it’s considered incompliant with the law?

If there were better alternative public road routes, no one would drive on the the Greenway at all. Yet even though Loudoun residents pay some of the highest taxes in the state, our public road improvement going East-West is nearly non-existent because the Greenway is seen as a solution available to all, when it’s really only available to those who can afford $11 a day to avoid the ill-suited public roads that we already pay for.

I think the mantra is that the Constitution/Law rules, and then private enterprise.

I’m confused.  Ramadan is a Republican.  I thought their mantra was private enterprise rules, and the less government intrusion, the better ?  Well, the Greenway is a private toll road.  They are making a buck (lots of them !).  Isn’t that the objective ?  If you think it’s too high, then don’t drive on it.  (Then maybe they’d lower the price).  Now, he wants Government to step in and effectively control the rate.  Sounds Democratic to me.