Tolls For Bridges

A transportation activist argues that tolls should be used "where they work."

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August 31, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Tolls have limited success and should be limited to only those systems where they do succeed. An analysis on tolls by the Washington State Department of Transportation concluded that tolls are only feasible on transportation systems where there are no convenient or reasonable non-tolled alternatives.According to this analysis' bottom line, tolls would only have success on transportation systems such as bridges. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Put tolls where they work -- bridges

Saturday, August 31, 2002 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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