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Originally Posted by Zeke
Taking the option away of paying at an un-manned toll station was a stupid move on the part of these private operators. Someday someone with some balls is gonna file suit and end this madness. Meanwhile, I go around.
As an aside, when I used to use the booths, manned and un-manned, I noticed that there was little to no traffic on these roads. And those that were on them were doing about 85 MPH free as a lark.
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Agree with this^^, and when riding with others who used the toll roads, my observations about speed and traffic were the same.
However, I believe the move away from pay-at-the-booth was purely economic. The private toll company and their investors were not making the revenue they expected to pay off the bonds in time, let alone generate a profit. Paying to man the booths or even have automated booths was a drain on an already bleeding enterprise. Moving to electronic transponders and on-line accounts made economic sense. In theory, it would encourage occasional non-transponder owners to use the roads thereby generating more revenue.
Again, just speculation and I can't report on the impact the change made on traffic, paid or not, and speeds.