Posted on 12/04/2017 9:20:02 AM PST by Hojczyk
WASHINGTON — Drivers on eastbound Interstate 66 saw tolls fluctuate frantically and top out at almost $35 during the Monday morning commute, the first with dynamic tolling on the highway.
Rush-hour tolling began at 5:30 a.m. and early morning drivers saw tolls at around $3.50. Within an hour, the tolls had risen to $10 and eventually reached $34.50 at the height of rush-hour. By 9 a.m., prices were back down to below $10, said WTOP’s traffic reporter Dave Dildine, who spent the morning driving on I-66 to report the latest conditions.
“It’s going to take some time for us to kind of get everything smoothed out and see what those toll prices are going to be consistently,” Jenni McCord with the Virginia Department of Transportation told WTOP on Monday.
Traffic moved smoothly throughout the morning and WTOP’s traffic center reported that the number of drivers on I-66 declined compared to typical Monday morning volume.
“There were no delays inside the Beltway — that’s the point of congestion pricing — to keep the carpools and paying solo drivers moving. As demand goes up, the price does too,” said WTOP’s traffic reporter Dave Dildine.
The George Washington Parkway absorbed the brunt of the traffic, with Virginia Route 123 and U.S. 50 picking up extra drivers as well. A WTOP listener reported that getting onto Interstate 495 south in Fairfax County was “a mess” during the rush hour.
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Which would make them pointless.
The real purpose is to gouge the maximum amount of money possible from the captive population. And most of the money does not go to building or sustaining roads either.
This only works when you have a monopoly control of a market and the ability to lock out other alternatives.
I am so glad that I have extracted myself from the cesspool.
Lol. Swamp creatures feel the sting of leftist bureaucratic stupidity.
I saw several tweets today from mid-level govt bureaucrats demanding a pay raise to combat these prices. LOL.
The perfect scam: Use taxpayers money to build a road and then charge taxpayers to drive on it. Don’t steal, the government hates competition.
Don’t they still have them on the Dulles toll road? I drive to Dulles a couple times a year and haven’t paid attention.
Wonder how slow you can go in these toll lanes before you could get ticketed. That be a great way to protest if you had the time and money (but who does?)
Just heard the toll was up to $40 today. Spokesperson said they are trying to incentivize people to use mass transit or add a person in their car.
Also said they estimate that around 40% were scofflaws, and if they want to use the highway they’ll have to pay.
I think many are likely unaware due to inadequate marketing of the changes. Also, I’ve noticed a huge increase in signage on the highway: it is impossible to read them all when traveling at speed.
Yes, there are manned booths at the Tysons toll plaza on the Dulles toll road, and some of the on and off ramp booths are manned during the day
Yes, there are manned booths at the Tysons toll plaza on the Dulles toll road, and some of the on and off ramp booths are manned during the day
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