Tolls along the Eastern seaboard are going up so much, says Darrin Roth, that in four years, a semitrailer making the four-hour trip from Baltimore to New York City could pay as much as $209.25. The price of tolls, in other words, will be more expensive than paying for the driver and fuel.
“The Northeast has become a very unfriendly place for business,” says Roth, the director of highway operations with the American Trucking Associations, “and these higher toll rates make things worse.”
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Ill say it, and I will say it again...
I told every last one of you people who read this blog this would happen... And so It has...
It will continue
More businesses will be leaving the Northeast due to these continuing toll increases. If the toll increases for the maintainence of the roadways folks would be in agreement; however the increases are to pay for things other than roadway upkeep. People aren't going to tolerate this long and there will be vast exodus for businesses to move where they are being beat to death.
Ship it by train. Been done before.
1133-Who do you think transports it to/from the rail depots? A semi.
Truckers know routes/tolls to avoid, and with the tolls rising, all that will happen is more trucks with take different routes. I have multiple family members driving, as well as a good friend who owns his own 20 rig fleet. The tolls will have more effect on the everyday joe, then it will the trucking companies. The population and business is already shifting out of the overpriced northeast. Examine the population growth in the SE USA. The vast majority are Northerners getting the hell outta the Northeast.
I'm sorry, A semitrailer going from baltimore to new york is not transporting to and from rail depots. When same goods can be shipped to salisbury or baltimore or where ever by train for a whole lot less.
Just another way dumbocrats are sticking their hand into our pockets.
The real solution?
STOP SPENDING!
108-Have you seen the condition of the tracks on the Shore? They can't handle any meaningful freight, and they certainly can't handle normal rail speed. If you think they can, you're misinformed. Plus, when shipping by rail it takes a lot longer, so a lot of items aren't shipped by rail because of that.
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