Mobilizing the Region » Verrazano-Narrows Bridge http://blog.tstc.org News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:10:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 MTA Starts High-Speed Tolling Talk http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/14/mta-starts-high-speed-tolling-talk/ http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/14/mta-starts-high-speed-tolling-talk/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:24:09 +0000 Kate Slevin http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/14/mta-starts-high-speed-tolling-talk/ Last week, the MTA announced that it would remove the toll barriers on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The toll booths have not been used for two decades, since the removal of the Brooklyn-bound toll in 1986. At the announcement, MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander told the Staten Island Advance that high-speed [...]]]> Last week, the MTA announced that it would remove the toll barriers on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The toll booths have not been used for two decades, since the removal of the Brooklyn-bound toll in 1986. At the announcement, MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander told the Staten Island Advance that high-speed tolling, and eliminating the 5-mile-per-hour speed restriction, would be considered for the toll plaza’s redesign, which he called a “blank slate.”

The press release stated that a new westbound toll plaza would be included in the next MTA capital program, which will be released by the agency by March 31. “Removing these unused eastbound booths and re-engineering the roadway for normal speed is a major feature of a modernization package that will ultimately produce a more efficient and safer travel corridor,” Sander said.

Last week’s announcement was one of the first public indications that the MTA is working to upgrade its toll facilities with high-speed tolling. Advocates who have been calling for such changes are pleased.

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