Even if there isn't, the problem is far more complex than creating a "tollway" would address. If there is, that is part of the problem that a sophisticated enough solution, would also address. There are several Tech giants already offering "quickest route" guidance via Apps. Imagine if something like these Apps provided every driver with an optimum time of departure, with the intended trip being logged somewhat ahead of time. Because the collapse of "flow" has such severe consequences under the status quo, it would be win/win/win and no-one need consider themself "priced off" or forced to change their plans to benefit "rich pricks in their BMW's". It would be completely possible for the great mass of drivers currently departing at a time like 7.30am for a 9.00am arrival every day, to instead be allocated a 7.55 departure or 8.10 or 8.22 - still arriving at 9.00am. All that is necessary is to avert the small-time-frame overload that creates a flow breakdown that then lasts 2 hours or more.
I believe we have the technology now but almost no-one understands the possibilities because almost no-one understands the relationship between demand and flow. Even the point you raise, about local choke points, needs to be part OF the overall problem framed and approached.
Some kind of "pricing" could be part of the system, but even those choosing the "No charge" option would get a quicker trip than the status quo, not a slower, "priced off" one. The steepest "prices" would apply to drivers (number plate based perhaps) who are scoffing at the system and just travelling without a log-in.
It is also a no-brainer to reward people providing private para-transit or carpooling. We have the technology for this too. If we paid providers of private para-transit half the subsidy we paid for a rider on a train or bus, it would potentially make their daily commute a source of income as opposed to a cost.
The "App" that people could log in to, could offer the option of "provide a ride" or of "ride free with someone else going your way".
But that would render mass public transport extinct, as opposed to obsolete but on life support as it has been for decades; which would upset a lot of the wrong people.
Private para-transit was evolving right back in the era of the Model T Ford but it got banned either explicitly or via peripheral regulations such as insurance and Taxi licensing. Even back then it was potentially a game changer; with the technology we have to optimize it now, it is a travesty that it is not the top solution to "the mobility problem" and "the sustainability problem".
That assumes there is no local congestion at tollway entrances and exits.
Even if there isn't, the problem is far more complex than creating a "tollway" would address. If there is, that is part of the problem that a sophisticated enough solution, would also address. There are several Tech giants already offering "quickest route" guidance via Apps. Imagine if something like these Apps provided every driver with an optimum time of departure, with the intended trip being logged somewhat ahead of time. Because the collapse of "flow" has such severe consequences under the status quo, it would be win/win/win and no-one need consider themself "priced off" or forced to change their plans to benefit "rich pricks in their BMW's". It would be completely possible for the great mass of drivers currently departing at a time like 7.30am for a 9.00am arrival every day, to instead be allocated a 7.55 departure or 8.10 or 8.22 - still arriving at 9.00am. All that is necessary is to avert the small-time-frame overload that creates a flow breakdown that then lasts 2 hours or more.
I believe we have the technology now but almost no-one understands the possibilities because almost no-one understands the relationship between demand and flow. Even the point you raise, about local choke points, needs to be part OF the overall problem framed and approached.
Some kind of "pricing" could be part of the system, but even those choosing the "No charge" option would get a quicker trip than the status quo, not a slower, "priced off" one. The steepest "prices" would apply to drivers (number plate based perhaps) who are scoffing at the system and just travelling without a log-in.
It is also a no-brainer to reward people providing private para-transit or carpooling. We have the technology for this too. If we paid providers of private para-transit half the subsidy we paid for a rider on a train or bus, it would potentially make their daily commute a source of income as opposed to a cost.
The "App" that people could log in to, could offer the option of "provide a ride" or of "ride free with someone else going your way".
But that would render mass public transport extinct, as opposed to obsolete but on life support as it has been for decades; which would upset a lot of the wrong people.
Private para-transit was evolving right back in the era of the Model T Ford but it got banned either explicitly or via peripheral regulations such as insurance and Taxi licensing. Even back then it was potentially a game changer; with the technology we have to optimize it now, it is a travesty that it is not the top solution to "the mobility problem" and "the sustainability problem".