tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post5878819984858625265..comments2024-01-04T07:10:10.122-06:00Comments on The Muckraker: Letter to the Muckraker: Forcing Drivers Onto Toll RoadsSal Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09480127461297425532noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-31848671137783929662008-04-29T21:34:00.000-05:002008-04-29T21:34:00.000-05:00Just as an aside... Toll rates in Texas far exceed...Just as an aside... Toll rates in Texas far exceed those in other states. <BR/><BR/>For example, to drive from NYC to Philadelphia via the NJ Turnpike costs $6.25 for the one-hundred-eleven mile trip. The rates here much more that that.<BR/><BR/>And, you can bet that traffic light timing will be punishing for the "free" lanes. Just drive the service road on Ben White for a realistic preview...<BR/><BR/>Grumpy in Cedar CreekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-6470651222753656552008-04-28T11:41:00.000-05:002008-04-28T11:41:00.000-05:00Tolls create exclusivity for drivers. Those who c...Tolls create exclusivity for drivers. Those who can afford can drive at their leisure. Those who cant, sit mired in traffic with no hope of help. Then as the tolls increase to offset the lack of drivers or Profit, more will be forced to use the free roads. Those roads wont be update or expanded due to toll road contract deals, so the traffic will get worse, not better. The speed limit will be lowered on free roads, red lights will be longer to help force trafic onto pay lanes. Demand of your representation that its a governmental responsibility to provide transportation to ALL of its residents and visitors, not just those who can afford it. Transportation should be seen as a RIGHT, not an option. What the government doesnt see, without an affective infrastructure, even the tolls are doomed for failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-76912215978228101072008-04-25T13:09:00.000-05:002008-04-25T13:09:00.000-05:00these toll roads are NOT for relieving traffic con...these toll roads are NOT for relieving traffic congestion. they are for making money and then diverting that money to other areas. they are simply a TAX with lipstick.<BR/><BR/>183A is the most expensive stretch of toll road in Texas- and maybe the US?? why??? it's because they don't give a sh*t about the citizens and traffic congestion. they have priced 183A based on demand. which is sickening because it's like a "commercial" expressway now. roads and highways are supposed to be commodities and there for the greater good. not a tool for profit!!! <BR/><BR/>remember when one of those pro-toll idiots (i think it was gerald daughtery??) he said they price tolls on "whatever the market will bare" <BR/><BR/>absolutely sickening!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-43127941154232237062008-04-25T09:39:00.000-05:002008-04-25T09:39:00.000-05:00At one of the Fix290 rallies someone told me Geral...At one of the Fix290 rallies someone told me Gerald Daughtery didn't want to have more fuel efficient government vehicles because it would eat into gas tax revenues. Perry voted NO on allowing school busses to turn off their engines when it was known they'd be sitting for a while. Our officials want waste. There's not a good bone in Rick Perry's or Gerald Daughtery (TXDOT) body. Gerald Daughtery is anti light rail as well. Anti-anything that would reduce oil consumption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-86288298263355935032008-04-25T09:31:00.000-05:002008-04-25T09:31:00.000-05:00Point-of-Order: The foremost or primary reason of...Point-of-Order: The foremost or primary reason of all these/any new TxDOT/CRTMA road improvements was (is?) supposedly to relieve traffic congestion and improve traffic flow (lieu line self-interests collaborater coffers)! So what for/how are we citizens going to hold our elected representatives accountable -- shouldn't Cedar Park residents influence their own officials to synchronize their traffic lights!?! or do Texas elected officials require a higher payola from constituents over their special interests collaborators!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-89951742986446826932008-04-25T08:40:00.000-05:002008-04-25T08:40:00.000-05:00This kind of crap happened in Colorado when they p...This kind of crap happened in Colorado when they put in the new toll road. Google The Newspaper, Tower Road (the competing road) and tolls. Until we get Perry kicked out, we're all going to have to buy hybrids to afford to drive to work. A hybrid's gas engine is off when it's stopped at a stoplight. Stop and go recharges batteries as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com