The Maryland Transportation Authority, the State agency that operates Maryland’s toll facilities, proposed on January 5, 2009, increasing cost recovery… (see: http://www.mdtransportationauthority.com/mdta/Home/costrecovery.jsp)
If you have not yet reviewed and submitted comments on this proposal, note that the deadline for comments – 27 January 2009 – is fast approaching. There are significant changes being proposed – you should review the proposal and act now to make your concerns known. One item that I find particularly irritating is the monthly charge of $1.50 per month per account. Considering the fact that users must maintain a pre-paid $25 balance on EZ-Pass devices – funds available to the state and funds upon which the users do not receive interest – the additional $1.50/month charge is ridiculous. Others have pointed out that EZ-Pass usage reduces congestion at toll plazas, reduces pollution from idling vehicles at the toll plazas, and reduces manpower requirements (staffed tollbooths) at tool plazas. Penalizing those who have invested in the MTA EZ-Pass program, benefiting both the end-user and the state, seems counter-productive to overall the positive aspects of the program.
See: http://www.mdtransportationauthority.com/mdta/Home/publicnotice.pdf
New release: http://www.mdtransportationauthority.com/mdta/Home/costrecoverynews.pdf
“Customer Benefits”: http://www.mdtransportationauthority.com/mdta/Home/customerbenefits.pdf
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