NTTA raising rates....again
 

Effective Monday they are raising the tolls yet again. We cut way back on our toll use, but now we just aren't going to use it anymore unless it's unavoidable.

How much do you use it?

Fuck those assholes.

They have to pay for the new 114 expansions up north of Grapevine and out towards TMS, the new toll lanes going in on 635, 820/183, the new tollway coming from Cleburne into Fort Worth, and the newly finished 161.

The only think that sucks about privatized roadways is the fact that bonds can only pay for so much, and there is very little government help with financing. But the roads are almost always nicer to travel on, less congested, and higher speed limits. I will probably continue to use them in the future.

This is all just temporary until the dynamic tolling system goes into full effect in about 5 years.

I support tollways. The only really good way to get the best quality roads for a fraction of the price. I use it all the time and don't mind the tolls at all. If you don't like it you're welcome to use 75/635. It's not much of an add on for all taxpayers. Just the ones who want to use the roads. I'll gladly pay 2.50 to cut 45min to an hour off my commute.

Yeah PGBT is worth every penny compared to the shit roads around the metroplex. Way better than the toll roads we had in FL and for less money.

We spend about $100 a month on tolls just because the wife uses it to get to work. Would spend the same on extra gas if she tried to use 75/635.

Sucks, but it's not going to stop me from using PGBT over 635.

I use George Bush from 35 in Carrollton all the way to 20 to work daily. I can always leave the cruise on 79mph and make it to work in 35 minutes. It is worth the cost to not have to worry about traffic and sleeping in an extra 20 minutes.

I use them everyday and so do most of my employees. On a slow month of toll use we spend about $300.

It's going up a penny Steve. It's not that big of a increase. But my normal bill every month is 300 dollars.

Screw that. We spend maybe 40 a month and that is still too much for personal use. Business is another thing.

You obviously don't have to do much driving around the dallas area then lol

:lol:

I just avoid using the tollroads when it's otherwise avoidable now. We used to spend quite abit more around 80 bucks a month or so but cutback the last time they raised it. In part because their billing department is a fuckin nightmare to deal with cuz they can't get their collective shit together.

Do you not have a toll tag? That makes it painless. The money just comes out of my account when our toll tag account gets low. 0 worry