Comments on: Toll lanes to debut in September

By: JK

JK — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:38:39 +0000

Check out Democratic legislator Torrico’s AB 744: it will convert 500 miles of existing Bay Area freeway lanes over to these lanes, and build 300 more miles of these pay lanes.

It was passed last year in the California Senate with every Democrat in favor and every Republican against.

Which party stood up for the rights of working people on this issue?

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:05:41 +0000

I wouldn’t see much of an issue if CA tax rates weren’t already jacked to the roof. Most of the states who have toll roads enjoy income and sales tax rates that are half of that in CA. And the tolls in those states sustain the roads, instead of the CA method where the tolls sustain a ferry in Oakland, or a bike lane in Brentwood, … or a pension in Sacramento.

The state plans to spend 3.7B on HOT lanes. That’s your money.

By: Californiaguy

Californiaguy — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:11:41 +0000

Once again, Democratic legislators are raising taxes.
The roads were paid for with our tax dollars, now they are having us pay for them again.
There are a lot of us that cannot afford to use the Lexus Lanes.
This was passed by the Democrats, ask Wiekowski, Torrico, Ellen Corbet.
This is class distinction, poor people will have to be stuck in traffic, while rich people will use the Lexus lane and give you a freeway salute as they pass you.
This is America? This is democracy?

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:04:28 +0000

I suppose carpoolers with Fastrak will have to hide/mylar their transponders when driving in these lanes.

I wonder how these entry points will effect Fremont’s carpoolers entering the freeway from Fremont on-ramps? Will a car entering on Automall have to wait until Mission to enter the lane?

By: Chris Douglas

Chris Douglas — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:52:28 +0000

How dis-appointing this elite service for the rich occouring in USA and especially California that has it history all highways and freeways are for all public users.

Using tax payer money to build it even with supposed rich folks to pay it back doesn’t add up. The money spent now could have funded alot of other California needs that are being cut along with our state budget billions of dollars in the red.

Even this the excuse the Elite will pay. Heck most of them already have jobs that let them come in after the traffic eases while there allowed to work from home. The average Califonia tax payers are the ones on the road at 5:00am and likely will be forced to use this to avoid be late for work.

Who really going to pay in the end? Never the elite heck they will likely get a tax break. Yep it will be the working class already above 10% unemployed who will pay and get the tickets.

Thanks for nothing and to think of all the extra hours I’ve spent in traffic while this construction was going on.

This is just another slap in the face from our California lawmaker who can’t deliver good solutions to
problems.