{"id":2531,"date":"2007-10-11T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/10\/tolls-on-the-14th-street-bridge.html"},"modified":"2007-10-11T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T09:54:00","slug":"tolls-on-the-14th-street-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/10\/tolls-on-the-14th-street-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolls on the 14th Street Bridge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-983114~Federal_officials_considering_tolls_at_14th_Street_Bridge.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC\"><b>Federal officials considering tolls at 14th Street Bridge<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/>Here is a suprising development, the Federal Government is considering adding tolls to the 14th Street Bridge &#8220;among other efforts to reduce congestion in the busy corridor between Crystal City and the District.&#8221; Generally speaking, the feds have been reluctant to do anything that costs federal workers money.<\/p>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/beltway\/i-395_dc_tiny.gif\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/beltway\/us1_tiny.gif\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>How in the world would a tollbooth reduce congestion? It seems self-evident that a tollbooth would increase congestion on the 14th Street Bridge as well as all the other bridges that would remain free. While this is just one of 43 proposals, I could see this one getting traction because the D.C. council has been trying to get some sort of tax on commuters any way they could and will probably jump on this idea.<\/p>\n<p>I wish the feds were not eager to abdicate themselves of their responsibilities to maintain infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal officials considering tolls at 14th Street Bridge &#8211; The Wash. 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