Tag: Florida toll roads

March 4, 2019 Chris White No comments exist

The State has settled with Dollar and Thrifty rental cars for not disclosing the true cost of tolls and toll violations while driving their cars. The State settled earlier with Avis and Payless; which is great, I guess. The thing is that the basic problem lives on. If you rent a car in Florida and…

November 20, 2018 Chris White No comments exist

So here you are. Welcome to the Sunshine State. Maybe you’ve just figured out how much that toll transponder for your rental car is going to cost from the rental car company. Maybe you opted out and are now driving around trying to avoid getting on a toll road or ending up on one by…

August 20, 2018 Chris White No comments exist

The Veteran’s Expressway here in Tampa is still testing the express lanes, they’re free for now. It’s more like a free-for-all. I’m not sure of the wisdom of adding an express lane to avoid one entrance/exit that hardly anyone uses; but I’m not in charge here. Or anywhere as it turns out. But the real…

February 13, 2018 Chris White No comments exist

So, is this our future? Tolls to drive the speed limit nearing $50 one way? We’re getting close and these Express lanes are spreading. I’ve been using the new ones on the Veteran’s Expressway in Tampa. They are currently free while the Toll Authority is testing them. But the prospects of being priced out of…

December 26, 2017 Chris White No comments exist

The new “Express” lanes have opened on the Veteran’s Expressway here in Tampa. For those of you not familiar with “Express” lanes, these are new lanes added to help keep traffic moving at speed during high use times. How do they accomplish this feat? By charging an additional toll on top of the toll you…

November 20, 2017 Chris White No comments exist

During and after a recent repaving of a major road near where I live in North Tampa; all of the traffic sensors in the road needed to be reinstalled. What that meant is a return to the bad old days of traffic lights changing based strictly on time; a minute for you a minute for…