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"I didn't read the thread, but most states who have tolls don't have state taxes...Is NC following suit? "

What do you mean? Income tax? Sales tax? Gas tax? Because I know in NJ they have all three of those.

1/20/2012 10:30:01 AM

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"I didn't read the thread, but most states who have tolls don't have state taxes...Is NC following suit?"

lol. NC politicians have made it clear that the state needs the money more that her citizens.

[Edited on January 20, 2012 at 10:32 AM. Reason : -]

1/20/2012 10:31:00 AM

by most (I exaggerated), I just mean Washington and Florida that I know of.

no state income tax.

1/20/2012 10:35:35 AM

for NC to be able to do that - we'd need to set up tolls on I-95 for sure - and prolly I-40 too

1/20/2012 10:55:46 AM

http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/10621899/


The only toll I go through routinely here is Narrows River Bridge toll which goes from Gig Harbor to Tacoma, WA. its 4 bucks to cross a bridge.

1/20/2012 11:28:49 AM

$19.20 to drive the entire stretch of I-95? They can't be serious.

1/20/2012 11:36:38 AM

Crossing the Golden Gate into San Fran was $6 when we were there back in June - that was pretty nuts

1/20/2012 1:23:20 PM

^ Lol, try $13 for the Verrazano bridge from Brooklyn to SI.

Also, Delaware doesnt have sales tax at all...I wonder if that is due to the blatant highway robbery they commit on that 5 mile stretch of 95.

1/20/2012 1:31:40 PM

lol yeah Delaware is the absolute worst.

1/20/2012 1:48:58 PM

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"I'm OK with that. Make the people passing through the state help pay for the road they're tearing up. "

1/20/2012 1:50:02 PM

lol @ all you complainers Anytime I have to go to the SO's it's a $1.25 and also again at the return

1/20/2012 3:05:25 PM

It's 13 for the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge

probably because so few people drive it.

1/20/2012 4:38:36 PM

btt

8/1/2012 10:54:52 AM

back to the

8/1/2012 10:55:52 AM

http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/11377898/

new phase of 540 opened today. tolling begins tomorrow

[Edited on August 1, 2012 at 10:57 AM. Reason : x]

8/1/2012 10:56:15 AM

when i moved from NC and found toll roads in Colorado, I really hated them. But after a while, I got used to the idea. There was a toll road from Boulder to the airport that had a very high speed limit and no traffic. I usually wouldn't take it, but if I was late for a flight, it was totally worth the $10.

This road that just opened in RTP is going to cost 52 cents per trip - I would take that charge every day if it would make my commute bypass traffic. How much gas money do you think you waste idling in traffic?

8/1/2012 1:26:36 PM

If idling is 51 cents...

8/1/2012 1:42:18 PM

I'm going to try it out tonight and see if it saves me any time on the afternoon commute.

8/1/2012 2:09:52 PM

^^^ I'm familiar with that toll road around Boulder. I about passed out at the cost to drive it while I was visiting there. So in that regards, yes, $0.52 isn't that bad. But it's more than I'm used to paying. I'm from KS and they have the turnpike that runs through Wichita and that would only cost me $0.25 in the city. I think it was only $5 to go across the whole state.

But I think $1/day (roundtrip) could be beneficial if you're constantly sitting in traffic

I wished it would have been open at least a few days or a week before tolling started though

[Edited on August 1, 2012 at 4:25 PM. Reason : c]

8/1/2012 4:22:59 PM

^ just moved from Boulder to Durham, and that stretch of I-70 through Kansas is like $9.50 now

8/1/2012 10:31:53 PM

I think it would be funnier if instead of "NC Quick Pass" it was called "The Toll Troll" and a logo something like.....



The sign could say

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"ENTER AND YOU PAY THE TOLL TROLL"

8/1/2012 10:37:04 PM

Sorry, but a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls

8/1/2012 10:44:42 PM

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"^ just moved from Boulder to Durham, and that stretch of I-70 through Kansas is like $9.50 now"

Where is I-70 a toll road? I was talking about I-35 through Wichita. On my several trips to Colorado I would take 135 north to 70 and go west. I don't recall ever seeing a toll until outside of Denver.

8/2/2012 12:47:16 AM

i took it home from work, clocked time from I-40 to US 64 west. at speeds from 68-75 mph, it took 12 minutes. my overall time was about 15 minutes, where it's usually 23-28.

this morning, i took hwy 55 around 8-8:20. subjectively, it seemed smoother (ie no dumbasses trying to merge onto the 540 exit lane past mccrimmon pwky). from 540 to hwy seemed a little more congested (volume around kit creek rd hill)

it's mighty tempting to take home*, but i'm not paying for the privilege to get to work early.

*they need to get their shit together and finish the kelly rd overpass- darting across two lanes of 64 at a hill was a lil dicey

8/2/2012 9:29:13 AM

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"Toll rates will range from 30 cents to $5, depending on the distance traveled, type of vehicle and method of tolling. According to the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, drivers will pay an average of 15 cents per mile. "

I'm curious to know how you can be charged up to $5 for driving that short distance. Maybe that's the fee semis pay?

8/2/2012 10:38:50 AM

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"SOUTH RAMPS AT TOLL NC147 & TOLL NC540 NC Quick Pass Bill by Mail 2 Axles $0.82 $1.25 3 Axles $1.64 $2.50 4+ Axles $3.28 $5.00"

8/2/2012 10:45:11 AM

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"Where is I-70 a toll road? I was talking about I-35 through Wichita. On my several trips to Colorado I would take 135 north to 70 and go west."

I-70 is now the Kansas Turnpike between Topeka and Kansas City. Sucks, but they know that everyone is just passing through, might as well collect some fees a la I-95 through new england

8/2/2012 11:26:15 AM

Ah, gotcha. I've never driven I-70 in that area.

8/2/2012 2:47:25 PM

dick nose

8/2/2012 3:24:39 PM

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"might as well collect some fees a la I-95 through new england"

a la new england, NJ, DE and MD

8/3/2012 1:34:51 PM

and PA

8/3/2012 1:41:19 PM

I took it from 147 to US-64. Once you factored in the traffic on US-64 to get over to where Trader Joe's is, it took me about the same amount of time to get home. So I guess it'll be my backup route when traffic on 40 is fubar.

8/3/2012 1:44:19 PM

I've been using the new toll road since it's a company vehicle and I don't have to pay for it. If I had a stationary job and took that route everyday it would cost $12.04 a day round trip. Times 20 days a month $240.80 per month, or $2,889.60 a year. That's a lot for office people to pay.

https://www.ncquickpass.com/roads-rates/

10/1/2024 8:29:33 PM

^I calculated it up and my work truck saves me like 3,500/year in gas/tolls/insurance(i have the pay per mile thing from allstate) from my previous jerb

10/1/2024 9:16:11 PM

^The worst part is there is talk of changing capital blvd to a freeway from Perry Creek Rd in Raleigh to Highway 98 in Wake Forest. There was talk of funding that with tolls, but they can't because NC law doesn't allow non-toll roads to be turned into toll roads. I'm guessing we're about to get a lot more toll roads in Raleigh.

10/3/2024 6:46:11 AM