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by brechin 3451 days ago
Some of the highways in and out of Minneapolis, MN have HOV lanes with this kind of pricing model. It currently maxes out at $8.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnpass/howmnpassworks.html

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MnDoT also added it to I-35E northbound out of St. Paul. There's talk about adding it to I-35W northbound out of Minneapolis, too. I think MNPass entirely managed by the state of Minnesota, though, which may help keep the prices down.

IMHO MnDoT has actually been doing a pretty good job over the last 15-20 years at smoothing out traffic flows considerably in the north metro without adding much in the way of metering/tolls. SW Metro traffic flows still suck from what I hear, although to be fair the topography has something to do with that (i.e. HOW many bridges do we need to build over the Minnesota River?)