The tolls on the New York State thruway are going up for the first time in 17 years. This is no rah rah post. I would say "sod off" to the thruway if it didn't take an additional half hour to get to Rochester via the toll-free I-86/Route 390 highways. So I will do what any penny pinching New Yorker should do and risk having the state know when I've gone through certain tolls by signing up for the NYS E-Z Pass.
I think you end up paying only a 15% increase rather than a 25% increase if you have E-Z pass.
Now I can join my parents in sighing and saying, "Back in the day it only cost a $1.30 to get from Buffalo to Rochester. Heck, I used to collect empty pop cans laying around the WBNY lounge when I was in college to extend my pocket change."
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Please see my blog before signing up for EZPass. Please.
Wendy - could you give us a perma-link to that entry? I remember your post about getting a ticket when neither you, nor your husband, were anywhere near an EZ Pass booth.
EZPass is run by Lucifer's third cousin once-removed. Permalink.
Thank you for the recommendation that I contact Eliot Spitzer's office. After receiving ANOTHER form letter from EZPass today, I am doing just that.
I've done the I-86 to Dansville exit to 390. It's only a trip I've made when I've had lots of time to spare or the Lake Effect was bad enough off Lake Erie to go the long way.
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