I Need to Get on the FasTrak

> Scott en Aztlán:
>
> I would have gladly paid the toll to use those wide-open express
> lanes. Hell, I would have even paid double, like the non-transponder
> users do on the Chicago Skyway. But unlike the 241 and 261 toll roads,
> the 91 express lanes are FasTrak ONLY, so I was screwed. A
> questionable business decision, to be sure, but that's the reality.

Not necessairly a bad decision. By being FasTrak (why does that name
give me the creeps?) only, there are no toll boths to a) man and b)
create congestion, so while it appears to be a bad decision to a non
customer, to the ones who pay to use it, its probablly the best decision
they ever made.

> So it looks like I have to bite the bullet and sign up for a FasTrak
> transponder.

Not necessairly a bad investment. I have one of FL's Sunpasses
eventhough I only go down far enough into FL to use it once or twice a
year. Lots easier to get around the Space Coast and Ratworld by 528 and
417 than by 50 or 4.

> I only hope they keep the pricing on the express lanes
> high enough so that they remain usable. Judging from what I saw
> yesterday, their congestion pricing scheme seems to be doing a good
> job - the eastbound toll at 1:30 PM on a Saturday afternoon is only
> $2.60 (cheap by SoCal tollway standards), and yet relatively few
> people were willing to pay it. Fine by me! If those idiots want to sit
> in 10 MPH traffic for an hour to save $2, more power to 'em.

Burn $3.00 worth of gas to save $2.00 in tolls. Go figure...

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