Turnpike Toll Increases Start on Sunday
Pennsylvania Turnpike toll rates will increase on Jan. 6 by 10 percent for cash customers and 2 percent for E-ZPass customers.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is reminding travelers that the toll rates will increase on Jan. 6 by 10 percent for cash customers and 2 percent for E-ZPass customers. According to a statement released by the Turnpike Commission, E-ZPass customers who now see about a 17-percent savings on tolls will save about 25 percent, on average, compared to cash. The new rates – which take effect at 12:01 a.m. this Sunday – are expected to generate approximately $25 million in new revenue in 2013. "The toll increase is needed, in part, to satisfy the Turnpike's obligation to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to help address a transportation-funding shortfall," the statement says. "Under Act 44 of 2007, the Turnpike continues to make annual …
Joe Coffee
12:03 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
This is imo an unfair pricing practice. The Turnpike is discriminating against those who want to pay cash. Isn't this a violation of the The Robinson–Patman Act of 1936 (or Anti-Price Discrimination Act, Pub. L. No. 74-692, 49 Stat. 1526 (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 13)) a United States federal law that prohibits anticompetitive practices by producers, specifically price discrimination. more ›