·Funding: 

Franks will not consider raising the gas tax in the near term. 

 

·Funding:

McGreevey criticizes the current administration for breaking the fix-it-first promise made to voters during last year’s renewal of the Transportation Trust Fund.Believes that $90 million diverted to the General Fund from sales and gas taxes earmarked for the Trust Fund should be returned. He “will look at all existing revenue before considering an increase of the gas tax.” 

 

 

·Congestion:

Says “Building more lanes has become increasingly difficult and is environmentally impossible in most areas of New Jersey.To rely on additional lane construction is a fool’s promise.”Believes that the best solution to congestion is to shift drivers onto mass transit.Supports new Hudson River passenger rail tunnel, M-O-M line and Lackawanna Cut-off. 

·Congestion: 

Believes that building new lanes and highways may be necessary in some cases.But also supports increased operating funding for NJTransit tied to on-time performance goals and ridership levels and these new commuter rail projects: Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (M-O-M) line, the Lackawanna cut-off, and the West Trenton line. 

 

·Parkway: 

Wants to remove tolls because:“It makes very little sense in the most densely populated state to have barrier tolls.The Turnpike isn’t a toll barrier and it’s more efficient and seamless.” Would replace barrier tolls with high-speed tolls if removal of toll levies is found to be financially impossible. 

 

·Parkway:

Toll elimination plan includes option of merging the New Jersey Turnpike and Atlantic CityExpressway Authorities with the NJ Highway Authority.Would implement high-speed E-ZPass readers on the Parkway if finances would not allow toll elimination. 

 

·Parkway:

Is “committed to removing tolls within my first nine months.” 

 

· Freight:

Believes the way to stem increasing truck traffic statewide is to make strategic investments in freight rail to remove rail system bottlenecks.

·Freight:

Supports construction of three “international intermodal corridors” between the ports of Newark/Elizabeth and Camden/Philadelphia.These projects include NJ DOT’s Portway, a truck-only highway linking the ports of Newark and Elizabeth to other freight sites in Essex and Hudson Counties.

· Freight:

Supports improving rail infrastructure to remove trucks from the roads. “You’ll find (building new) infrastructure will allow you to move more freight by rail and that will alter trucking routes.”