| Issue 111 | January 17, 1997 |
F Y I: The Cost of Driving
More traffic and more crashes on the NJ Turnpike have led the Turnpike Authority to cancel a planned cut in the State Police budget, and give the force a $1 million increase instead. Overall traffic on the Turnpike grew 2.7% in the first nine months of 1996. Truck traffic was up 3.6%. Turnpike officials now project similar growth for the highway in 1997. Turnpike crashes from Jan. to Nov. increased 4.2% from 1995 to 1996. Record
