What Network Neutrality Is REALLY About → Re: Not news

I wonder how they did it? In New York's Hudson Valley in the 1850's almost all roads were Turnpikes which means they were privately owned toll roads, much like the Internet is now. Between the 1850's and the present, the Turnpikes were converted to government owned public roads. I wonder how they did it?

Revoking the charter under eminent domain, or whatever law governed the initial charter.

There are still a large number of toll roads around PA/NY. Sounds like in interesting example to model.

Especially the PA Turnpike. Ed Rendell has made the rates there obscene, along with screwing up quite a bit of the rest of the state. Thank God he hasn't gone through with his idea to turn I-80 into a toll road as well.