Turnpike Stretch To Go Cashless In '11 - program aims to reduce emissions

[The Straight Story]

Turnpike Stretch To Go Cashless In '11
'Toll-By-Plate' Program To Be Implemented In Miami-Dade


MIAMI -- Drivers on a 47-mile stretch of Florida's Turnpike won't have to stop or slow down to pay tolls starting in 2011.

Traditional tollbooths between the Miami-Dade County line and Florida City will be removed starting this year and all drivers will eventually pay their tolls electronically -- through either SunPass transponders or a new "Toll-by-Plate" program.

The new program aims to reduce emissions because motorists won't be idling at tollbooths -- and increase safety.

"It eliminates the driver's decision at the tolling point," said Sonyha Rodriguez-Miller, spokeswoman for Florida's Turnpike Enterprise.

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[hobbit709]

1. And they don't have to pay wages.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Florida drivers...ask someone in Ca. how they like the electronic system.

Hundreds of reports came in right after Fast Trac was begun in Ca. Drivers got charged for tolls when they were not even driving that day, or near the bridges.
And it costs more to protest in person that the amount of the toll, so many just birched about it and paid the extra charges, which of course is what the system was counting on. The overcharges added up.
And did I mention that the Golded Gate Bridge tolls were supposed to be removed decades ago?