Here is the name and link of the Washington Post story: Tolling on 395 Express Lanes starts Sunday. Here's what you need to know.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/tolling-on-395-express-lanes-starts-sunday-heres-what-you-need-to-know/2019/11/16/07742088-07d4-11ea-818c-fcc65139e8c2_story.html

Module 1: Discussion - Opportunity Cost Purpose This assignment will help you understand one of the most important concepts in the study of economics - opportunity cost. It will also help you see how almost every decision in daily life involves opportunity cost. Directions Initial Response Opportunity cost of your resource is defined as "the value associated with the next best use of that resource (which you must give up)." Decisions you make should reflect your opportunity cost, and not just your out-of-pocket costs. For example, if you decide to spend two hours of your time watching TV, the opportunity cost of your time is the value associated with its next best use (either studying or sleeping) This exercise will ask you to relate this concept to decision making. Post your responses to the following question in the Opportunity Cost discussion forum: When the I-395 Express Lanes first opened in November 2019, the toll was expected to reach up to $30 for drivers in the Northbound lanes to travel a distance of only 8 miles during the morning rush hour. Read the Washington Post story here . Using the principles of Opportunity Cost and Rational Decision Making, explain why (or why not) drivers might be willing to pay up to $30 to save 30 minutes of travel time during the rush hour. You may refer to the directions on how to use the discussion forums provided in Canvas Student Guide . if you need assistance. Note: You will not see other students' responses until you post your own. Contribution to Discussion After you have posted your response review the posts of your other classmates. Respond to at least one of them (preferably to those who have not yet received responses), by identifying elements that perhaps the original posting may have overlooked or some considerations that should have been taken into account. Grading I will participate in the discussion several times a week, but I will not respond to every posting. Rather, I will highlight or summarize key points in the discussion, stimulate additional discussion if needed, correct significant errors as necessary, and monitor and enforce our netiquette rules. I will grade your discussion postings a week after the due date and will post your grade in Canvas, with suggestions or accolades if the quality of your work is particularly lower or higher than expected I will grade your contribution to this discussion assignment and all other discussion forum assignments on the basis of how well you fulfill the assigned discussion tasks, how well you show that you understand the chapter terms and ideas, and how well you contribute to the overall discussion. Response and participation in the Opportunity Cost discussion is worth 30 points toward you course grade. Refer to the following table to understand how your discussion assignments will be graded as a percentage of each point value assigned ECO 201 Discussion Grading Rubric Criteria Points Required Response . Completed all tasks and answered all questions by the posted due date 10 points Wrote substantive postings of at least 1 paragraph Use of Terms and Ideas Learned Used terms from readings correctly where appropriate 10 points . Used ideas from readings correctly (with citation) to clarify, explain, or support an argument Contribution to Discussion 10 . Replied in thoughtful, meaningful, and helpful ways points . Advanced the discussion whenever possible Total 30 points