Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #462
June 14, 2004
A report released last week by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign surveys the spread of high-speed toll collection facilities around the metropolitan region and the U.S., and considers the MTA's objections to adopting similar congestion-busting methods.
New Jersey DOT is proceeding with its Route 9 smart growth corridor project between Toms River and Tuckerton in Ocean County.
Non-stop tolls on Port Authority bridges, NJ Turnpike Authority, Garden State Parkway, and the NY State Thruway.
The MTA has used the arguments presented below to fend off the concept of high-speed tolls since at least 1998. We consider each theme in turn.
After a 4% ridership decline from 2001 to 2003, NJ Transit reported a 2.2% increase between July 2003-March 2004 and July 2002-March 2003.
| Each week, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign publishes Mobilizing the Region, or MTR. MTR is a bulletin on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut transportation news and opinion from the perspective of advocacy for sustainable transportation. |
| MTR #462 printable format (PDF) file (requires Adobe Acrobat).
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