{"id":111096,"date":"2025-05-18T07:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T07:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111096\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T07:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T07:13:08","slug":"why-are-frances-highways-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111096\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are France\u2019s Highways So Expensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some countries charge drivers to use motorways, while others offer access for free? And where exactly does all that toll money go?<\/p>\n<p>In the third and final episode of CNBC\u2019s limited series &#8220;Who Owns,&#8221; we dive into France\u2019s controversial, privately-operated highway system\u2014examining who benefits from the model, and who gets left behind.<\/p>\n<p>  Watch the full episode on demand via the link in bio.<\/p>\n<p>#CNBC #WhoOwns<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: @cnbci<\/p>\n<p>CNBC International Live: @cnbcinternationalive<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/cnbc-international\/<\/p>\n<p>TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cnbci<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cnbcinternational<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cnbcinternational\/<\/p>\n<p>Threads: https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@cnbcinternational<\/p>\n<p>X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBCi<\/p>\n<p>Telegram: https:\/\/t.me\/cnbci<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp: https:\/\/bit.ly\/CNBCiWhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Sun, 18 May 2025 06:00:15 GMT<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why do some countries charge drivers to use motorways, while others offer access for free? And where exactly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-111096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-videos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114527601372852401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}