What got me about the article is the NE centric perspective. Yes, I know, it is for a NE audience, but the fact that they overlook the Ohio St turnpike, the toll interstates in IL, the Kansas st turnpike and others just seems to show that they are fear mongers. There are quite a few interstate highways in the US. That's nothing new.

As for chokepoints, most of them have open tolling, so no need to stop. That does allow for electronic/visual tracking of your vehicle, however.