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Originally Posted by Da Nag
You know what's even more convenient, efficient, and reduces traffic even more?
Get rid of all the damn tolls/toll booths altogether, and collect needed revenues via taxes elsewhere - just as is done with most other shared infrastructure. The money wasted on toll collection is insane...
The elimination of one small piece of government privacy invasion would be welcome as well.
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Thanks to Ed Rendell, proceeds from the toll booths aren't just for the turn pikes anymore...it's spread out to cover other road and bridge projects across the state. In doing so, they increase the rates annually.
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