toll increase
Golden Gate Bridge to defer toll increase to Sept 2
Posted Tue, 2008-08-12 17:47
The Golden Gate Bridge is deferring their toll increases scheduled for Sept 1 to Sept 2. Staff realized belatedly that Sept 1 is Labor Day and a bad day to introduce new toll rates. That's because on holidays they get a lot of occasional users and the most cash payers.
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Golden Gate Bridge toll to rise $1 to $6 cash, to $5 ET on Sept 1
Posted Fri, 2008-07-18 20:36
The board of directors has approved a one dollar or 20% increase in the toll on the Golden Gate Bridge to go into effect September 1 making the new toll $6 for cars paying cash and $5 by transponder. The per axle rate for trucks is half the car rate. Tolls are levied only on the southbound direction of travel. Northbound is always free.
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NJ-NY tolls rise by 42% Mar 3 - first rise in 7 years
Posted Fri, 2008-01-04 21:44
The seagull will be eating better come the spring. March 2 the Port Authority New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) will begin garnering tolls at $1,010m/year compared to $710m at present. The board of directors - appointees equally of the governors of New York and New Jersey - made the decision yesterday. PANYNJ tolls the four bridges and two tunnels between northern New Jersey and New York City.
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91 Express toll breaks dollar/mile for an hour on Fridays eastbound
Posted Sun, 2007-12-30 15:02
At 91 Express Lanes (91XLs) in southern California there's now an hourly toll for the ten miles (16km) of $10.00 or $1.00/mile (60c/km) - 3pm to 4pm Fridays eastbound or Orange to Riverside counties. Toll schedules to go into effect Jan 1, 2008 increase the 1500-1600 Friday EB toll from $9.25 to $10.00.
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Port Authority to consider 37% $300m toll increase on Hudson River crossings
Posted Wed, 2007-10-31 21:37
Local reports suggest that the Port Authority New York New Jersey (PANYNJ) will consider toll increases after next week's New Jersey elections. The authority which operates six northern New Jersey-New York City crossings hasn't had a toll increase for six years.597 words read more »
Mass Turnpike board united on toll increase but divided on allocation (UPDATE)
Posted Tue, 2007-10-30 19:23
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board, united on the need to garner an extra $28m in revenue on the metropolitan system divided sharply, Monday, over how to distribute the increases as between the Turnpike Boston-MA128 and the harbor tunnels, and on whether to encourage an increase in transponder use. 702 words read more »
Harris County Toll upping rates a quarter, but pols quickly baulk at congestion pricing
Posted Thu, 2007-06-21 21:48
Harris County commissioners on Tuesday this week (Jun 19) agreed to a set of toll rate policies designed to generate toll concession equivalent value for the county. But on Thursday (Jun 21) they backed down in the face of criticism, retreating to familiar public toll authority politics.
At Tuesday's meeting county commissioners voted unanimously in favor of:
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Kansas tolls for college profs digs still not dead
Posted Wed, 2007-04-11 17:13Kansas legislators still see the need for the government to bail out a bunch of state colleges because the professors' digs are in need of rehab, and the state's governor Kathleen Sibelius hasn't abandoned her January proposal to raise tolls on the Turnpike. The higher tolls would support $300m in loans to the colleges for repairs and deferred maintenance.
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