wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
jbtilley All American 12797 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
Steven All American 6156 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
dswillia Q(o.oQ) 2190 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Steven All American 6156 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
InsultMaster Suspended 1310 Posts user info edit post |
$19.20 to drive the entire stretch of I-95? They can't be serious. 1/20/2012 11:36:38 AM |
dswillia Q(o.oQ) 2190 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
DoucheU Starting Lineup 78 Posts user info edit post |
^ 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 |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
lol yeah Delaware is the absolute worst. 1/20/2012 1:48:58 PM |
David0603 All American 12764 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
MinkaGrl01
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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 |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
LunaK LOSER :( 23634 Posts user info edit post |
btt 8/1/2012 10:54:52 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
back to the 8/1/2012 10:55:52 AM |
wolfpack0122 All American 3129 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jdman the Dr is in 3848 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jbtilley All American 12797 Posts user info edit post |
If idling is 51 cents... 8/1/2012 1:42:18 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
wolfpack0122 All American 3129 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ 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 |
jdman the Dr is in 3848 Posts user info edit post |
^ 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 |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
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 Quote : | "ENTER AND YOU PAY THE TOLL TROLL" |
8/1/2012 10:37:04 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
wolfpack0122 All American 3129 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "^ 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 |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
TKE-Teg All American 43406 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
David0603 All American 12764 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
jdman the Dr is in 3848 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 england8/2/2012 11:26:15 AM |
wolfpack0122 All American 3129 Posts user info edit post |
Ah, gotcha. I've never driven I-70 in that area. 8/2/2012 2:47:25 PM |
GREEN JAY All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
dick nose
8/2/2012 3:24:39 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43406 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
David0603 All American 12764 Posts user info edit post |
and PA 8/3/2012 1:41:19 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Big4Country All American 11912 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
StTexan Suggestions??? 6966 Posts user info edit post |
^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 |
Big4Country All American 11912 Posts user info edit post |
^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 |