“Rates are ridiculous... a passenger vehicle is paying about .15 a mile now cash toll.”
Just for grins and giggles I did the cost for a tractor/trailer 5 axle combo.
Cost from Ohio to NJ state lines is $283.
Cost for a passenger car over the same distance is $55.
Easy calculator:
https://turnpikeinfo.com/toll-calculator.php?road_name=pennsylvania-turnpike&state=pennsylvania
Yep, they tried to get a private company to take over the PA turnpike years ago, during Fast Eddies reign, none would touch it because revenues were flat, so the legislature passed auto incrementing tolls..
No private company took it over anyway, and now rates go up automatically year every year...
The initial ding they hit you with entering from Ohio before you take your ticket, was $2.90 in 2010... its now over $7.
I took the turnpike east for the first time in years this past summer.... Got off at breezewood, which was ALWAYS hopping 7pm on a thursday and it was a ghost town....
Never, ever recall getting off at breezewood and seeing no one around.. even at 2am...