I think my bald-headed kid said that the last time he took a semi load to NYC the only way to get to the drop off dock was by one of the toll bridges - at about $300 CASH toll. The cars could use other routes, but trucks are/were limited to the routes where they can apply their little bit of extortion.

Unfortunately, NYC is not really an exception.

With the prevalence of "special fees" (Taxes) on "people who aren't really as good as us" it's quite obvious that these fees are being used as a backdoor to limiting the freedom of "them."

But I have difficulty believing that there isn't a better way to control traffic. The bottom line IS "the bottom line."

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John