Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

Bridge Tolls or Fare Hikes? The Voice of the People Says…

By Ben Fried | Jan 9, 2009 | 11 Comments

Last month the Brooklyn Paper asked around for some person-on-the-street perspectives about how to fund our transit system, and look what they found. Talk to Brooklynites who aren’t ensconced in their cars, and you get some pretty consistent answers: No one thought drivers should get a free pass. So when state reps dismiss bridge tolls […]

Toll-Free Bridges Already “Tough” on South Bronx and Upper Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2008 | 26 Comments

The red lines show southbound routes through the South Bronx via the "free" Third Ave. Bridge and the tolled Triborough. The blue line charts the toll-free northbound route from the FDR across the Willis Avenue Bridge. All the gnashing of teeth over East River bridge tolls has for the most part drowned out discussion of […]