| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
The Real Bev wrote:
> Fred G. Mackey wrote:
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>> I suppose he's talking about interstates which charge tolls. Not
>> living in New Jersey or states which do that, I wasn't familiar with
>> any. A google search reveals that tolls CAN be charged on
>> interstates that were built with state funds prior to the creation of
>> the interstate highway system.
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>
> That's interesting, I wondered abou that. It may be noted that the
> bastards can charge tolls for their ratty pothole-filled "turnpikes"
> because trying to get to the same place without using the turnpike is
> a good way to waste a whole day getting from DC to NY while possibly
> breaking an axle. The whole eastern highway system is corrupt.
>
>> So a very small percentage (primarily in the NE) of the nearly 50,000
>> miles interstates cover are allowed to charge tolls.
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> Why? Because they can.
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Toll roads were paid for using state funds vs. federal funds. The
tolls are primarily used to pay off the building bonds using a
pay-as-used method rather than taxing everyone in the country.
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