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jeffandnicole:
--- Quote from: storm2k on March 22, 2023, 02:43:03 PM ---Unfortunately for all of us, transponder discrimination is an easy way for toll facility operators to bring in higher revenues without ruffling a lot of feathers. Plenty of people don't even pay attention to how much it costs, just that their EZPass deducted the toll properly. I wish the IAG had put stronger wording into the compacts to prohibit this behavior but this is now a fact of life. Basically every state does it. If the PTC isn't doing it already, they likely will at some point.
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The basic purpose of the IAG was to get several states to cooperate and accept one method of payment across several different tolling agencies. In government, this is a near impossibility. Being worried about transponder discrimination was not on their minds at the time. Remember, I think it was Florida in the 1990s had several different non-compatible electronic tolling systems within its own state before they developed SunPass.
While we look at transponder discrimination as a bad thing, it's nothing more than a discount one gets for being a paid member of a club. If they eliminated transponder discrimination, they would either boost they lowest tolls up to the highest tolls, or determine what the mean toll would be based on all the motorists that normally travel through. They're not going to lower the tolls for everyone down to the lowest tolls available.
Ending transponder discrimination would mostly piss off the locals - the ones that vote and use the roads the most. And since members of the IAG ultimately answer to the politicians of the member states, guess what's not gonna happen anytime soon...
tckma:
--- Quote from: Alps on March 23, 2023, 12:02:15 AM ---
Don't NJ transponders charge $1/month? That's why I went straight to NY Thruway.
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That's right, and that's cheaper than the $3/month the PTC charges.
MASTERNC:
--- Quote from: tckma on March 24, 2023, 10:03:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: Alps on March 23, 2023, 12:02:15 AM ---
Don't NJ transponders charge $1/month? That's why I went straight to NY Thruway.
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That's right, and that's cheaper than the $3/month the PTC charges.
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It's actually $0.25/month ($3/year) but it's still higher than zero.
tckma:
--- Quote from: MASTERNC on March 24, 2023, 10:23:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: tckma on March 24, 2023, 10:03:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: Alps on March 23, 2023, 12:02:15 AM ---
Don't NJ transponders charge $1/month? That's why I went straight to NY Thruway.
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That's right, and that's cheaper than the $3/month the PTC charges.
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It's actually $0.25/month ($3/year) but it's still higher than zero.
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Hmmm. I may switch to a PTC-issued transponder, then. I'm not using DRPA bridges enough for the commuter discount. BUT, I use the NJ Turnpike occasionally during off-peak hours, so... *shrug*
ARMOURERERIC:
Any visible progress on the Beaver River bridge project?
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