Comments on: Analysis: A Bay bridge too many, some say https://marylandreporter.com/2019/10/03/analysis-a-bay-bridge-too-many-some-say/ The news site for government and politics in the Free State Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Andrew Farkas https://marylandreporter.com/2019/10/03/analysis-a-bay-bridge-too-many-some-say/#comment-18639 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:37:47 +0000 https://marylandreporter.com/?p=3239733#comment-18639 One is variable tolling to reduce peak demand, pushing more vehicles into the evening. But, says the agency, “Variable tolling could shift traffic to nighttime hours, when maintenance activities on the bridge largely occur, negating any benefit.”

Variable tolling is a solution to reducing peak traffic (not demand). MdTA already suggests drivers cross the bridge during off-peak times; tolling would prompt them to do so. The statement in quotes is simplistic and condescending. The shifting of traffic and maintaining the bridges would have to be planned and managed properly; that’s not too much to ask.

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