orezok
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The Coronado Bay bridge has not collected tolls for more than 15 years.
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The Coronado Bay bridge has not collected tolls for more than 15 years.
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Once a toll road , invariably always a revenue generator. Applaud the exceptions noted. The NYS thruway now supports an orphan, the Erie Canal water way. The Thruway even owns the infamous Attica NYS prison. Gotta love the diversity.
prichard
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When I lived in Jax someone sued to stop the tolls. The bridges had been paid for years prior. Judge ruled with the plaintiff and the tolls were removed. A shame that someone had to sue to keep the government honest.
That happened to my wife. She used to spend 2 - 3 weeks a month in Miami for work. Suddenly some collection agency was hounding her about a toll on a rental car. She wasn't even in Miami that week that it occured. She called the state and they had no record of anything in her name. We can only guess the rental agency gave multiple records of rentals on that car and the collection agency just went after all of them to see who they could suck the money out of.
That happened to my wife. She used to spend 2 - 3 weeks a month in Miami for work. Suddenly some collection agency was hounding her about a toll on a rental car. She wasn't even in Miami that week that it occured. She called the state and they had no record of anything in her name. We can only guess the rental agency gave multiple records of rentals on that car and the collection agency just went after all of them to see who they could suck the money out of.
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In Buffalo with it's N.Y. tax mentality a lawyer sued the Thruway Authority to have the tolls on the I 290 and 190 - entrances to Buffalo - removed. The tolls weren't much, mostly a nuisance and the state probably made little after paying toll takers, maintenance on the booths, etc.. He won, the toll booths are gone, the lawyer ran against Cuomo for governor and really got beaten bad.
But on the other hand I was talking to a guy who worked for the Thruway Authority about how I have to pay tolls daily as I use the toll portion of I90 most every time I go out. He had a good argument . He said the tolls weren't much and he was right, really. He also said that the Thruway authority averages 5 times the salt per lane mile as the D.O.T. uses on major thoroughfares (That's a big thing in the Buffalo area) they plow it a lot more often in snow, and his road was a whole lot safer than anything the D.O.T. maintains; that the Thruway Authority has no potholes but repaves as soon as things get lousy, the D.O T. is not near as timely on repaving, and because of the tolls there is much less congestion than on parallel routes. Over the years I have come to believe everything he said. His argument was that you get what you pay for.
I know that when I'm in Florida I prefer the Florida Turnpike even with its' tolls to using the parking lot known as I95. r
But on the other hand I was talking to a guy who worked for the Thruway Authority about how I have to pay tolls daily as I use the toll portion of I90 most every time I go out. He had a good argument . He said the tolls weren't much and he was right, really. He also said that the Thruway authority averages 5 times the salt per lane mile as the D.O.T. uses on major thoroughfares (That's a big thing in the Buffalo area) they plow it a lot more often in snow, and his road was a whole lot safer than anything the D.O.T. maintains; that the Thruway Authority has no potholes but repaves as soon as things get lousy, the D.O T. is not near as timely on repaving, and because of the tolls there is much less congestion than on parallel routes. Over the years I have come to believe everything he said. His argument was that you get what you pay for.
I know that when I'm in Florida I prefer the Florida Turnpike even with its' tolls to using the parking lot known as I95. r
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A few years back I got a ticket in the mail for my F150. It had a photo that clearly showed a Mitsubishi with a similar but different tag number. I had to waste MY time getting in touch with them to get it removed. After I finally got a person on line they said YEP reader made a mistake. I told them I wanted a written notice stating the ticket was removed from my record and they refused. They had no problem giving me a written notice of the wrong vehicle charge but couldn't spend the time and money to provide a written notice of reversal.
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The Salt explains that Econoline Van I saw years back in Buffalo that was basically just a frame!
Here they took taxpayer money to build a much needed highway (407). Then sold it to a private company that charges tolls. Expensive Tolls! I think it's been decades and I have never been on it. It's a rich mans highway.
And just what does Turnpike mean?
Here they took taxpayer money to build a much needed highway (407). Then sold it to a private company that charges tolls. Expensive Tolls! I think it's been decades and I have never been on it. It's a rich mans highway.
And just what does Turnpike mean?
flyerdan
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It dates back to Roman times when soldiers would barricade a road with a long pole (pike), shake people down for the toll, then turn the pike sideways to allow them to pass. Or so claims Mike Savage on his radio ramblings on historic matters.
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And just what does Turnpike mean?[/QUOTE]
A long time ago toll roads had a pole or pike to stop traffic. You gave the guy however much, he turned the pike , and you were on your way a little poorer. Then the guy went back to baking tollhouse cookies. My neighbors live in an old toll house which was moved 100 years ago.
A long time ago toll roads had a pole or pike to stop traffic. You gave the guy however much, he turned the pike , and you were on your way a little poorer. Then the guy went back to baking tollhouse cookies. My neighbors live in an old toll house which was moved 100 years ago.
