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toll stories: 4 news summaries

Frisco Debates Downtown Traffic Fee

Motorists balk at prospect of paying up to $5 to drive to city center

Dec 30, 08 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - A plan to charge motorists for driving downtown in peak hours could be a step too far even for famously green San Francisco, the Los Angeles Times reports. City officials say the plan, which would be the first of its kind in the nation if it passes, would reduce traffic... More »

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California • San Francisco • congestion pricing • traffic • toll • congestion • public transit

State Tolls Rising—Some by 50%

Subprime crisis has officials scrambling to pay for infrastructure

Jan 28, 08 7:28 PM CST
(Newser) - As subprime fallout ripples across the country, several states are planning to increase road, bridge, and tunnel tolls, and not by mere pennies, USA Today reports. The George Washington Bridge, for example—which lets New Jerseyites into the Big Apple—will raise its rush hour price from $5 to $8... More »

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California • New Jersey • New York • Pennsylvania • Indiana • toll • highways • Indiana Toll Road

US Gives Big Jump to NYC Traffic Plan

Bloomberg proposal gets $354M boost, but state legislature must still approve

Aug 14, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government has promised to pitch in $354M toward an environmentally sensitive plan to suppress car traffic in Manhattan, New York's busiest borough. But the scheme's chief proponent, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, must still win the approval of the New York state legislature, which initially chafed at his proposal, the... More »

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New York City • traffic • Michael Bloomberg • toll • driving • transportation • congestion • Mary E. Peters • cars

China's Drivers Steer Clear
of Tolls

Thrifty motorists resort to detours, deception to get around steep fees

May 16, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tolls are literally taking a toll in China, where thrifty motorists try to steer around the tollbooths cropping up on the country's highways. An infrastructure boom has created 40,000 kilometers of new toll roads since 1990, and drivers are doing anything—from faking toll-exempt plates to making long detours... More »

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China • Driving • tollbooth • development • toll

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