{"583586":{"#nid":"583586","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Express Lanes Take Toll on Driver Behavior","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPatrick McCarthy, professor in the School of Economics,\u0026nbsp;was quoted in \u0026ldquo;Express Lanes Take Toll on Driver Behavior\u0026rdquo; by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPat McCarthy studies transportation economics at Georgia Tech. He said the rising demand for the lanes speaks to drivers\u0026rsquo; priorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What it fundamentally says is that the value of that trip to those individuals is worth the cost,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcCarthy explained that road space is a fixed resource. Eventually drivers will decide the costs of using that resource--either paying the toll or sitting in traffic--are too high and change their behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Not everyone buys a Rolls-Royce,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Some people buy less expensive cars. We figure out based upon our incomes what choices we want to make.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gpbnews.org\/post\/express-lanes-take-toll-driver-behavior\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-11-07 17:56:03","changed_gmt":"2016-11-07 18:01:15","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Whistle Bistro","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/gpbnews.org\/post\/express-lanes-take-toll-driver-behavior","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583587":{"id":"583587","type":"image","title":"Patrick McCarthy","body":null,"created":"1478541644","gmt_created":"2016-11-07 18:00:44","changed":"1478541644","gmt_changed":"2016-11-07 18:00:44","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222483","name":"PatrickMcCarthyWeb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PatrickMcCarthyWeb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PatrickMcCarthyWeb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":54315,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/PatrickMcCarthyWeb.jpg?itok=mXGwhk7T"}}},"media_ids":["583587"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}