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rbowman <
bowman@montana.com> writes:
On Tue, 06 May 2025 18:38:54 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
We had this in a couple of places where new bridges had been built. Some
people would go far out of their way to get to one of the older
non-tolled bridges, wastimg time and causing bottlenecks. Then the NDP
(a left-wing party) got in and dismantled the automatic tolling systems.
Too bad - it would have been fairer if they had just put a $1.00 toll on
all crossings, rather than $3.25 on the new ones and nothing on the
others. But this is the zany world of B.C. politics, where alternating
parties battle with each other over whether an existing tunnel should be
replaced by a bridge or another tunnel, and million-dollar studies are
thrown away with each regime change.
My info is way out of date but at one time the bridges and tunnels around >NYC had tolls going in but not coming out, or maybe the other way around. >That made more sense than manning booths in both directions.
The bay area bridges are all one-way tolls.
I-80 Bay Bridge toll is paid westbound (inbound SF),
GG Bridge is paid southbound (inbound SF)
I-580 is paid westbound (towards San Quentin/Marin).
I-80 Carquinez is paid eastbound (outbound bay area)
I-680 Benicia is paid northbound (outbound bay area)
CA92, CA84 (San Mateo, Dumbarton) are both paid westbound (inbound silicon valley).
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