Tollway Fee Removal
Many people in the United States use car transportation to travel throughout the country. The most common roadways traveled through are highways and along with highways comes a toll charge. Many states use tollways to refund to the damage done on roads throughout years, but this is also very expensive for travelers. As stated by the Illinois Toll Way “The average toll rate on the Illinois Tollway is 6 cents per mile. The typical rate for a passenger vehicle at a manned toll plaza is 75 cents I-PASS/$1.50 cash. I-PASS customers pay 50 percent less than customers who pay cash.” Toll fees are highly charged and should be revoked from highways throughout the United States.
The highway toll fees are very expensive and the states charge very high amounts to passing through so that they can pay for roadwork. Tollway fees should be revoked because it is at a disadvantage to those who are worth less money in the United States and cannot afford to buy an I-Pass, for example like Illinois has, but other states have different forms of this cheaper tollway charge. “If you do not pay for a toll charge when you pass through your license is scanned and …show more content…
Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) rejected the toll option for financing Interstate construction because most Interstate corridors would not generate enough toll revenue to retire the bonds that would be issued to finance them” (“Why Does”). As highways became more popular there were tollways added because there was no way to pay for roadwork construction. Back in the 1930s not many people were traveling because there were not as many roads that led to different places like they do now. Nowadays the main way to travel is through highways, and this causes destruction to roads very frequently making it a very expensive project for each state, and that is why tollways charge passing
Many people in the United States use car transportation to travel throughout the country. The most common roadways traveled through are highways and along with highways comes a toll charge. Many states use tollways to refund to the damage done on roads throughout years, but this is also very expensive for travelers. As stated by the Illinois Toll Way “The average toll rate on the Illinois Tollway is 6 cents per mile. The typical rate for a passenger vehicle at a manned toll plaza is 75 cents I-PASS/$1.50 cash. I-PASS customers pay 50 percent less than customers who pay cash.” Toll fees are highly charged and should be revoked from highways throughout the United States.
The highway toll fees are very expensive and the states charge very high amounts to passing through so that they can pay for roadwork. Tollway fees should be revoked because it is at a disadvantage to those who are worth less money in the United States and cannot afford to buy an I-Pass, for example like Illinois has, but other states have different forms of this cheaper tollway charge. “If you do not pay for a toll charge when you pass through your license is scanned and …show more content…
Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) rejected the toll option for financing Interstate construction because most Interstate corridors would not generate enough toll revenue to retire the bonds that would be issued to finance them” (“Why Does”). As highways became more popular there were tollways added because there was no way to pay for roadwork construction. Back in the 1930s not many people were traveling because there were not as many roads that led to different places like they do now. Nowadays the main way to travel is through highways, and this causes destruction to roads very frequently making it a very expensive project for each state, and that is why tollways charge passing