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We’ve covered on here in the past Ed Rendell’s plan to toll I-80 across the top of the state. The feds have ruled the plan violates federal law and have invalidated it. I guess he’s going to have to find another way to funnel money into Philadelphia’s crappy public transit system.
Congressman Peterson has an editorial responding to a previous editorial in the Allentown Morning Call that I blogged about here. I agree with the Congressman that tolling I-80 would be a negative for the Commonwealth, and wish him the best of luck in stopping it at the federal level. UPDATE: Looks like plans are moving … Continue reading “Congresman Peterson Responds on I-80 Tolls”
This CentreDaily editorial is pretty spot on: Making I-80 a toll road is, at best, a quick fix and would disproportionately affect those living near the swath the highway cuts through the Keystone State countryside from New Jersey to Ohio. Worse, it would greatly expand the authority of the highly inefficient, patronage-laden Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. … Continue reading “Good I-80 Toll Editorial”
I’m glad to see the trucking industry coming out against the tolls. It’s a stupid idea, and to add to the stupidity, they are studying the possibility of doing the same thing to I-95. Currently, to see Bitter, in Virginia, I pay the 3-dollar tolls in Delaware, both ways (actually, I’ve been bypassing them now, … Continue reading “Trucking Industry Against I-80 Tolls”
Looks like the legal work on the I-80 toll issue goes to the Governor’s law firm. Conflict of interest? Bite your tongue! Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) has handed his former law firm millions in payment for legal work on plans to toll Interstate 80 and privatize the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Over a period of about … Continue reading “Putting The Fast in “Fast” Eddie”
Toll roads apparently divert traffic and increase accidents. The researchers analyzed decades of data from the Ohio Turnpike and nearby alternate routes in Ohio, comparing both to national data to determine the effects the toll rates had on nearby free roads. Ohio raised toll rates in the 1990s and subsequently lowered them, allowing an easier … Continue reading “Someone Needs to Get This to Rendell”
Apparently Senator Casey and Senator Specter are taking separate positions on I-80 tolls in Pennsylvania. I think Center Daily is on drugs, because their positions sound the same to me: But U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter and Robert Casey, in separate Ag Progress Days news conferences, took divergent stances. Casey said he supports the position of … Continue reading “I Guess He’s Alive”
Go check out Congressman John Peterson’s editorial in CenterDaily, in regards to I-80 tolls. Tolling of I-80 has little to do with solving Pennsylvania’s transportation and infrastructure problems. It has a lot to do with paying off debt and fixing problems that should have been addressed years ago. Until, the governor and our leaders in … Continue reading “Congressman Peterson’s Editorial”
So says The Allentown Morning Call, in regards to Rep English and Peterson’s efforts to prevent tolling on I-80.  Political posturing? I can’t help but notice that I-80 runs mostly through counties that didn’t vote all that heavily for Ed Rendell or the Democrats.
Ed Rendell isn’t happy he’s getting screwed on putting toll booths every 30 miles along I-80. Mr. Rendell said he “was shocked and disappointed” to learn of the congressional action, which is not yet final. He will urge Democrats in Congress to remove the ban on federal funds for I-80, but he said that may … Continue reading “Ed Comes out Swinging”