A Tri-State Campaign analysis released last Fall showed that the hotly-contested Route 92 toll road project could not pay for itself and would require an infusion of general Turnpike revenue (MTR #190).

New Jersey could reduce the severity of any toll increase by abandoning the sprawl-promoting and increasingly unpopular Route 92 plan and scaling back the Parkway bridge project to a standard reconstruction.

To the extent that the Turnpike and other NJ toll roads need new revenue for maintenance and operations, NJ's transportation leaders should confine any toll increase to peak traffic periods. The variation between peak and off-peak toll rates could ease the worst congestion, benefiting rush-hour drivers.