America’s love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia

The nation of road movies, freeway freedom and dreams of endless horizons is waking up to the reality of soaring fuel prices. Paul Harris in Riverside, California, reports that people are leaving their gas guzzlers in the garage

Paul Harris
The Observer,
Sunday July 6, 2008
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Love affair with cars is taking its toll

Love affair with cars is taking its toll
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We can call them toll highways or congestion charges or road pricing, or just another tax, but the era of the “freeway” is clearly passing its due date.
Charging tolls on highways and roads may be wildly unpopular among voters everywhere — and politically dangerous around the [...]