405 Express Tolling Lanes

I would give zero stars if I could. I only use the toll lanes as HOV. HOV is supposed to be free, but I still have to give them $ 30 to keep my account «active». If I ask to get my $ 30 back, they close my account. This seems illegal to me, to present something as «free», but they get to keep my $ 30! So much more I hate about it as well.

I’m originally from Florida where toll roads are the norm. Love the option to cut my commute from an hour and fifteen minutes to twenty five minutes.
Hope Wasington does more public private partnerships to add BADLY needed infrastructure.

What idiot ever thought about tolling on the 405 needs to be fired. The state of Washington already taxes us so bad that most of us can’t afford to live here.

Lynn Peterson needs to be fired and criminally prosecuted for such a corrupt waste of taxpayer money.
The 405 express toll lanes are social engineering /​behavior modification pure and simple. They are not designed to alleviate congestion, or to finance ongoing projects. The whole goal is to make it unaffordable for people to drive into the city.
The government has a monopoly of force, and has positioned themselves to win no matter the result of the toll lanes. If too many people use the lanes, they raise the tolls, if people choose to sit in traffic in the «free» lanes, they burn extra fuel which the state collects a gas tax on.