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I like the idea of charging out-of-staters tolls on toll roads. Give all people with state plates a pass and charge people who don’t pay state taxes when they pass through. Seems pretty simple?
I pay taxes — toll roads should be free
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Some New Yorkers say they've been driven into debt by MTA toll fees. We asked the agency for answers.

www.cbsnews.com

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Anonymous 8w

Charge out of state plates? Yeah that seems reasonable. Straightforward too. Added transparency of what those toll roads fund would be good. If tolls are for road maintenance primarily, that’s not bad on its own. Ideally, gas taxes should be kept lower in states/regions with toll roads.

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Anonymous 8w

They’d lose most of their revenue from tolls and at that point it might not even make sense to build and staff toll booths or toll-by-plate infrastructure

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

Probably would be a deterrent for interstate travel. Commuter passes would need consideration (people who cross state lines daily for work). If better recordkeeping were feasible, it’d be nice for commuters and owner/operator truck drivers to write off a percentage of their taxes for toll roads.

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