How much your time worth? Would you pay $388/hour rate for saving 1 hour worth of your time? We will see when the Capital beltway opens in 5 years.
Using an average rush-hour toll of $1.54 a mile, as projected in the studies, a 6.3- mile morning commute between Route 29 and Braddock Road in Fairfax County would cost $9.70 and save 90 seconds over the Beltway’s “free lanes.” That translates to $6.47 for each minute saved — an hourly rate of $388, which would make some K Street lawyers jealous.
HOT lanes are similar to the Clear card, which allows air travelers who agree to submit to thorough background checks and retinal scans to cruise through airport security lines for an annual fee of $128.
Entire story can be found at here in the Washington Post .
