Again, the 'Pike has managed to make a big chunk of Greater Boston heck, the whole state unhappy. Outraged Liberal suggests that actually it's a way to make a higher gas tax relatively palatable. I hope that's true, since … [Read more...]
Some Mass Pike math perhaps people can understand
Now keep in mind that a Framingham-to-Newton commuter -- someone who is getting no more direct benefit from the Big Dig than anyone else in eastern Massachusetts -- is already being asked to effectively pay around $6/gallon. Most people who … [Read more...]
No Tolls, No MTA
Cross-post: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts.Here we are worse. The semi-autonomous authority has backed itself into a cave with no way out. Its mythic justification for existence is providing revenue for road maintenance and … [Read more...]
All Tolls All the Time–A Possible Massachusetts Future
In New Jersey, another state confronting a crumbling infrastructure (just drive down I-95 or the Garden State Parkway some time and see for yourself) Governor Corzine is floating a massive toll increase as a way to make up the spending … [Read more...]
A modest proposal re tolls
Lifting the tolls on holidays would result in some lost revenue, but nowhere near the $114 million a year it would cost to remove them entirely. And thousands of us would be grateful for the opportunity to get to our holiday … [Read more...]
Commission: Increase tolls and gas tax
Healey, from the most recent debate:I can tell you that we can do the tax rollback and we can also do the things you want to do Deval.She can tell us, folks. ... If we raise the gas tax and tolls!A special state commission is expected to … [Read more...]