Commuters face freeway fees as Hill searches for funds.

Elaborates on the two provisions that Congress and the Bush administration are pushing as part of this year's effort to reauthorize surface transportation programs (S 965, HR 1351): using federal highway dollars to build toll roads and allowing rush-hour tolls to be imposed on congested cities. Economists' solution; Remaining detractors; New state leeway; No toll outbreak; Double taxation. INSET: Efforts to commercialize rest areas has businesses crying....