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JEVoorhees t1_ixdw4no wrote

You're a bunch of ill-informed dunces! Let's have a conversation where I, the NJTA Historian and Engineering Consultant to the NJTA and NJDOT for OVER 37 YEARS (for those of you who can't do math, that's 1985 to 2022...it's called subtraction) sits with you, in person, in public, and/or takes a ride with you and teaches you how this all works! Let me know who's up for a real "road trip"!

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mooseLimbsCatLicks t1_ixe5jvk wrote

please , its great to have you here if this is true. Give us some education then

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JEVoorhees t1_ixf25tt wrote

Yes. It is true! The Turnpike Authority was formed in 1949, in response to the fact that the Country was growing faster than any other IN HISTORY! Becoming the No. 1 World Power while in existence for ONLY 170 YEARS in existence. With that, the Northeast Region of the United States became the Financial and Industrial center of the World. And you can only fit just so many people in the Five Boroughs! So after they were full, New Jersey and Connecticut were next. The Thinkers and Planners of New Jersey saw that the time was ripe to implement a roadway "system" that would facilitate movement by both Jersey natives and those using the State as a "corridor" to reach beyond our borders to the North and South. A "turnpike" design was formulated since it was perfect for the purpose...limited access to those passing through while allowing astute natives an express pathway within the State itself. Starting operation in 1949, it was a very big hit! A nd soon became "the Busiest Toll Toad in the Entire World"!!!

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ixi8xpz wrote

Please explain the justification for NJ tolls N-S but not E-W on 78 & 80. PA tolls E-W on their tpk, and NY tolls E-W and N-S on their Thruway. IMO the whole system is an inconsistent mess.

When I was a teen in the 70s there was a $0.10 toll on the Southern State pkwy on LI. They raised it to $0.25, and there was a such a shitshow, with people taking local roads to avoid it, that they got rid of the tolls entirely. And the world kept turning!

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