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Publically fund it, and make it "free"?
I know not a popular opinion and the argument is always the same. If I dont use it, why do I pay for it?
But...
Public libraries are "free" and publicly funded. Public schools are "free" and publicly funded. Public streets are "free" and publicly funded. Public plumbing "free" and publicly funded.
Not everyone uses all these things, but we all fund them. Thre are defiantly many more examples.
Toll roads are meant to control traffic congestion. Florida has many of them because tourist flood the state driving on their highways. This generates revenues from tourist instead of only from Floridians, while influencing traffic at the same time. NYC tried to do that for traffic congestion in Manhattan. They wanted revenues from New Jersey drivers who go to Manhattan. Toll roads can be good for truckers hauling freight, as less congestion means making time and safer.
It is free. Just don't pay.