there's a toll before exit 1 in delaware on 95.

the bridge to the turnpike is exit 4

a toll for the tunnel in baltimore

and a toll on 95n on that big bridge near the top of maryland

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 8:18 PM. Reason : e]

5/20/2008 8:18:01 PM

in before the move

5/20/2008 8:23:46 PM

haha delaware. it takes 20 minutes to cross the state, amirite?

5/20/2008 8:28:02 PM

we hold strong to 9 exits on 95


(but that kinda only clips the top part)

5/20/2008 8:32:45 PM

yea

isn't State Route 1 a toll road for part of its length?

5/20/2008 8:34:56 PM

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"umm...nothing? I've driven to new jersey on i-95 and never payed a toll. You must be confusing it with the jersey turnpike. and around the DC area there are tolls but its not i-95"

you must not be much of a driver. there are many tolls on I-95. troll.

5/20/2008 10:31:21 PM

user pay, user benefit

most "fair" way in theory, unless you want to raise taxes

5/20/2008 10:59:06 PM

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"you must not be much of a driver. there are many tolls on I-95. troll."

5/20/2008 11:44:43 PM

^seriously. You have to pay around $5 one way to drive through Maryland, and at least $3 to drive through Delaware as well. Not to mention the tolls for a tunnel in Baltimore (Ft. McHenry or Harbor tunnel, take your pick) and the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Or if for some reason you want to avoid I-295 and take I-95 through Philly then you'll pay to cross the Ben Franklin Bridge. Strange how that one guy missed all these tolls

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"I don't care if they decide to make it a toll road, as long as it stops being a toll road once its inevitably paid for"

LOL, no fucking way that'll ever happen. It'll take years to pay it off and by then everyone will seemingly be complacent about it, no fucking chance they take it away.

I don't like these transponder things. Just wait till Big Brother starts tracking your speed with these things.

5/20/2008 11:54:33 PM

some toll roads will already write you a ticket if you average over the speed limit

5/21/2008 12:26:41 AM

^^ Actually it's in the Turnpike Authority's agreement that they are required by the State of NC to remove tolls once it's paid for. And you know there are people out there that watch government like they have nothing better to do with their lives.

[Edited on May 21, 2008 at 12:27 AM. Reason : -]

5/21/2008 12:26:54 AM

OK I didn't know. I thought there was some stipulation that federal funds paid for highways.

5/21/2008 3:10:03 AM

Would building a monorail be that much more expensive than carving another road through the countryside?

5/21/2008 6:07:10 AM

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"I don't like these transponder things. Just wait till Big Brother starts tracking your speed with these things."

Yeah those things are pretty bad. They do an interesting write up on EZPass in the book Spychips.

http://tinyurl.com/6csq4c

5/21/2008 6:27:02 AM

Here's an interesting one

they're considering outsourcing run and maintain of the Penn Turnpike to a Spanish management company

5/21/2008 8:14:50 AM

I heard about that on NPR the other day. I know people in Chicago were pissed when they sold off their toll roads.

5/21/2008 8:20:01 AM

doesn't china own/operate a lot of our roads? i've heard that, but not sure about the source.

5/21/2008 8:23:52 AM

Not sure about highways but I know China owns a lot of our seaports.

5/21/2008 8:26:54 AM

the operators arent happy, they think that their union contracts wont be upheld for pay and job stability

the state however thinks that it'd be great, with the lump sum up front for construction/repairs

I dont really care, I only use the penna pike like twice a year

5/21/2008 8:30:29 AM

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"Would building a monorail be that much more expensive than carving another road through the countryside?"

Yes a lot.

5/21/2008 8:48:40 AM

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"some toll roads will already write you a ticket if you average over the speed limit"

Where exactly? (so I can avoid them). Thank God the NJTP doesn't do that, I think the average speed on that road in low traffic conditions is around 83mph

5/21/2008 11:54:54 AM

Why can't we just make I95 a toll road and use the money to pay for 540.

5/21/2008 12:36:19 PM

because that road is already built and paid

tolls in this state will only go on new roads

5/21/2008 12:39:45 PM

which puts this state at a disadvantage.

just like we were at a disadvantage when we didn't have the lottery.

5/21/2008 12:42:35 PM

was in orlando this past week. those things were everywhere. they suck.

5/24/2008 1:28:59 AM