Comments on: Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C. http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/13/obama-administration-touts-nation%e2%80%99s-first-all-electronic-toll-road-in-n-c/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Derek http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/13/obama-administration-touts-nation%e2%80%99s-first-all-electronic-toll-road-in-n-c/comment-page-1/#comment-22161 Derek Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:42:05 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=7521#comment-22161 "Some local residents, however, have aired concerns about the toll road's impact on low-income drivers who lack the means to purchase a transponder. Those without the device will have to pay higher toll bills that are mailed based on video-captured images of their license plates." That's okay, because "As as a group low-income residents, on average, pay more out-of-pocket with sales taxes" for a road than with tolls. http://preview.tinyurl.com/7s3kak “Some local residents, however, have aired concerns about the toll road’s impact on low-income drivers who lack the means to purchase a transponder. Those without the device will have to pay higher toll bills that are mailed based on video-captured images of their license plates.”

That’s okay, because “As as a group low-income residents, on average, pay more out-of-pocket with sales taxes” for a road than with tolls. http://preview.tinyurl.com/7s3kak

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