NYC Bridge Tolls Going Up
Apr 5, 2021 07:50:02 #
Everything is, and will continue to go up. How do you think the government can replace some of the trillions they’re wasting? It can only come from those of us who work.
Apr 5, 2021 08:10:07 #
My family in NC informs me they now have tolls on the interstate in the Charlotte area, and on a private road.
Apr 5, 2021 08:17:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Years ago, I visited someone in NC. He looked at ... (show quote)
You have to fund the Port Authority and the Subway! Why should drivers be forced to fund airports? Why should drivers be forced the subway? ( that answer I know).
Apr 5, 2021 08:21:09 #
traderjohn wrote:
"Car Toll Rates - MTAhttps://new.mta.info › tolls-by-vehicle › cars
Feb 19, 2021 — Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge · E-ZPass: $6.12 · Tolls by Mail: $9.50 · Staten Island Resident E–ZPass - $2.75 · Staten Island Resident E-Token"
Feb 19, 2021 — Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge · E-ZPass: $6.12 · Tolls by Mail: $9.50 · Staten Island Resident E–ZPass - $2.75 · Staten Island Resident E-Token"
Staten Island resident discounts are being eliminated if not already gone,
see this for Goethals Bridge copied:
(Eastbound only) As of January 5, 2020: Cars $16.00 (cash) $13.75 for Peak (E-ZPass) $11.75 for Off-peak (E-ZPass) (Peak hours: Weekdays: 6–10 a.m., 4–8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun.: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.) These toll rates: view talk edit
Apr 5, 2021 08:23:28 #
New York City Region Connects Toll
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Staten Island/Brooklyn $9.50
Bayonne Bridge New Jersey/Staten Island $16.00
Goethals Bridge New Jersey/Staten Island $16.00
Outerbridge Crossing New Jersey/Staten Island $16.00
Yes I live in this Tax Hell!
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Staten Island/Brooklyn $9.50
Bayonne Bridge New Jersey/Staten Island $16.00
Goethals Bridge New Jersey/Staten Island $16.00
Outerbridge Crossing New Jersey/Staten Island $16.00
Yes I live in this Tax Hell!
Apr 5, 2021 08:36:12 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
My family in NC informs me they now have tolls on the interstate in the Charlotte area, and on a private road.
Yes we do, Interstate 77 from Charlotte to Lake Norman, and a recently opened bypass in the Union County area.
Apr 5, 2021 08:52:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Years ago, I visited someone in NC. He looked at ... (show quote)
In the late 70s/early 80s I commuted over the Tappan Zee regularly. That was pre EZ Pass. Toll was like $4 (only going east-bound) as I remember. The Tappan Zee tolls were specifically to pay the bonds that paid for the bridge construction as I understood it. Several years after moving away, I read that the Tollway authorities were struggling to determine what to do as the bonds were almost paid off, and they didn’t want to lose the revenue stream. We all know how that turned out!
Apr 5, 2021 09:18:19 #
As Tom (Sleeper54) noted, there has been about a 10x inflation rate from the '60's to the present. I've anecdotally noted the same thing remembering a $.27 loaf of bread and a $3,500 car in the late '60's now go for about $3.00 per loaf and $35,000 for a (low priced) new car.
I also remember the Throggs Neck Bridge costing $.25 when I was driving from Connecticut to my school on Long Island from 1966 through 1970. So Jerry's complaint that the toll is going from $.25 to $8.36, a 40x increase, seems valid.
Federal Highway funds went a long way toward keeping our bridges and highways maintained so states were able to keep tolls low. Notice how, over the past several presidents (both R and D), Federal Highway funds have decreased and as a result, we're constantly hearing about "red listed bridges" and crumbling highway pavement. Ditto for our rail system. President Eisenhauer created a monster with his National Interstate Highway Project that served America well until it started to crumble and we realized we don't have the money to maintain it.
I also remember the Throggs Neck Bridge costing $.25 when I was driving from Connecticut to my school on Long Island from 1966 through 1970. So Jerry's complaint that the toll is going from $.25 to $8.36, a 40x increase, seems valid.
Federal Highway funds went a long way toward keeping our bridges and highways maintained so states were able to keep tolls low. Notice how, over the past several presidents (both R and D), Federal Highway funds have decreased and as a result, we're constantly hearing about "red listed bridges" and crumbling highway pavement. Ditto for our rail system. President Eisenhauer created a monster with his National Interstate Highway Project that served America well until it started to crumble and we realized we don't have the money to maintain it.
Apr 5, 2021 09:32:14 #
When they built the Throg's Neck Bridge the toll was going to be temporary at $.25. After the bridge was paid for it was going to be free. Show a politician a dollar and they'll show you how to spend two.
Do you remember when they added the under bridge to the GWB?
Do you remember when they added the under bridge to the GWB?
Apr 5, 2021 09:37:27 #
LestheK wrote:
When they built the Throg's Neck Bridge the toll was going to be temporary at $.25. After the bridge was paid for it was going to be free. Show a politician a dollar and they'll show you how to spend two.
Do you remember when they added the under bridge to the GWB?
Do you remember when they added the under bridge to the GWB?
Hah! You got that right! In the early '60's Connecticut instituted a 3% sales tax which the politicians promised would be temporary and would be slowly rolled back to 0%. Guess which direction it slowly rolled to, only to be joined by an income tax, later on?
Apr 5, 2021 09:55:36 #
When I was young and there were only a bit more than 2 billion of us on the planet, I lived in Rockaway NY. To get there from anywhere you had to take a bridge- 10 cents. I think it’s $2.55 now. Anyhow, my sister was dating a guy from Brooklyn who threatened to drop her each time they raised the toll on the Marine Park Bridge. He was all bluff and married her anyway.
It is a beautiful bridge, built under Robert Moses.
The Cross Bay bridge is the only bridge where you have to pay a toll to go from one part of a county to another.
It is a beautiful bridge, built under Robert Moses.
The Cross Bay bridge is the only bridge where you have to pay a toll to go from one part of a county to another.
Apr 5, 2021 10:09:32 #
Apr 5, 2021 10:19:19 #
ecobin wrote:
I've had a NYS E-Z pass since it was started. Now I use it mostly in PA and NJ - the charges do add up. Prior to Covid (and hopefully soon again), I used the Verrazano several times per year to visit my younger daughter in RI and my mother & sister in Nassau County. Sometimes the GW is faster, especially when there's road work on the Belt parkway but the GW is always backed-up.
Can I borrow your EZ-pass, Jerry?
Can I borrow your EZ-pass, Jerry?
We use the VZ bridge to visit my stepson & family and/or my SiL in NJ. I shudder when Waze tells me to go via The GWB.
The Belt Pkwy is finished but, depending on time of day, it’s always slow.
Never, Ever, use the Belt on Yom Kippur.
I, too, used EZ Pass from the beginning. It was fun to see those line lines for the cash lanes.
Apr 5, 2021 10:21:27 #
Indi wrote:
We use the VZ bridge to visit my stepson & family and/or my SiL in NJ. I shudder when Waze tells me to go via The GWB.
The Belt Pkwy is finished but, depending on time of day, it’s always slow.
Never, Ever, use the Belt on Yom Kippur.
I, too, used EZ Pass from the beginning. It was fun to see those line lines for the cash lanes.
The Belt Pkwy is finished but, depending on time of day, it’s always slow.
Never, Ever, use the Belt on Yom Kippur.
I, too, used EZ Pass from the beginning. It was fun to see those line lines for the cash lanes.
Actually, we used the Belt & VZW yesterday & last night. Made it to and from NJ in record times.
Apr 5, 2021 10:45:22 #
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