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New York and New Jersey drivers pay nearly one-third of all U.S. tolls, report says 
nydailynews.com ^ | october 6, 2015 | brittnay robins

Posted on 10/06/2015 1:50:32 PM PDT by lowbridge

New York and New Jersey drivers account for nearly one-third of all toll revenues amassed across the U.S., a new report says.

Drivers in New York and New Jersey pay the heftiest price for their commutes — accounting for almost one-third of all tolls collected across the U.S., a new report says.

The report, which was released by the International Bridges, Tunnels and Turnpike Association, indicated that drivers in the two states forked over an astounding $4 billion of the $13 billion in tolls accrued across the country.

“The primary reason (for New York and New Jersey drivers paying the highest tolls) would be the concentration in the region of bridges and tunnels connecting the greater New York metro area,” said Neil Gray, director of government affairs at IBTTA.

“The facilities have been in place for a long time, they were very expensive to build, they are expensive to maintain and they are tremendously expensive to replace.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: drivers; newjersey; newyork; nj; ny; suckers; tollroad; tolls
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1 posted on 10/06/2015 1:50:32 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Good for them. Triple or quadruple the tolls, IMHO.


2 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:16 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: lowbridge
“The primary reason (for New York and New Jersey drivers paying the highest tolls) would be the concentration in the region of bridges and tunnels connecting the greater New York metro area,”

Uh, no. The primary reason is that both states have voracious spending habits that need to be supported by sucking money out of every single person who either lives in or goes through the state in any way possible, and hitting up drivers for expensive tolls a thousand times while they travel from Point A to Point B is one way to do that.

3 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:39 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: lowbridge

Ya, but the toll system creates a beaurocracy that is unionized and pays fo rthe Democratic leadership. The gas tax is much more efficient.


4 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:58 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:21)
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To: lowbridge
“The facilities have been in place for a long time, they were very expensive to build, they are expensive to maintain and they are tremendously expensive to replace.”

Uh no. The reason the bridges and tunnels costs a small fortune to cross is because a large portion of the money is siphoned off for other uses, for example, to support mass transit and bloated bureaucracies.

5 posted on 10/06/2015 1:55:26 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: lowbridge

It’s those Turnpikes and paying your way into New York City. That town can take money out of your pockets faster than your wife.


6 posted on 10/06/2015 1:56:05 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

Margaret Thatcher


7 posted on 10/06/2015 1:56:54 PM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: thorvaldr

Not as long as Barry has a printing press...


8 posted on 10/06/2015 1:59:32 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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9 posted on 10/06/2015 2:00:36 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: lowbridge
so ? what is the point of this article ? tolls = states’ prerogative
10 posted on 10/06/2015 2:01:53 PM PDT by stylin19a (obama = Fredo Smart)
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To: hal ogen

4 billion a year? Man, that would build a lot of bridges - if it was ever used for that.


11 posted on 10/06/2015 2:03:21 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: hal ogen

My initial thought as well. However, government power to tax must be controlled. The big question is how do we control the power to tax?


12 posted on 10/06/2015 2:06:42 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: hal ogen

Elections have consequences.


13 posted on 10/06/2015 2:08:53 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Proverbs 21:20 - The wise have stores of food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has))
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To: lowbridge
And Minnesotans pay about a third of income taxes 😞
14 posted on 10/06/2015 2:11:32 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: PeteB570

Many, many Howie Carr columns on this specific nugget over the years. The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was paid for three times over but extended forever via bond issues with nothing to do with highways - over and over and over again. It’s nothing but a dumbocrat featherbed.


15 posted on 10/06/2015 2:12:06 PM PDT by major-pelham
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To: lowbridge

What the hell ever happened to our flying cars?


16 posted on 10/06/2015 2:12:16 PM PDT by umgud
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To: lowbridge

No kidding. Biggest “pay raise” I got was switching from a school in Staten Island and coming back to Brooklyn. As a Brooklyn resident, I didn’t get a discount for working in Staten Island. (The reverse would get a discount.) with EZPass, it was still about 12 bucks per day that I’m not paying any more.


17 posted on 10/06/2015 2:16:01 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: lowbridge

Okay but consider the roads they get to drive


18 posted on 10/06/2015 2:42:30 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: PeteB570

While upstate’s bridges are corroding to the point of being unsafe tolls & gas tax is funneled to NYC. FUAC.


19 posted on 10/06/2015 2:43:02 PM PDT by printhead (Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
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To: lowbridge

Small price to pay to live in their idea of paradise... Seems like they should be paying even more, IMO.


20 posted on 10/06/2015 2:43:06 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2017; I pray we make it that long.)
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