The U.S. Department of Transportation wants the state to put tolls on the SR-520 bridge. Here's USDOT's short press release naming Seattle and four other cities as grant recipients. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters makes her thinking clear.
“Many politicians treat tolls and congestion pricing as taboo, but leaders in these communities understand that commuters want solutions that work,” Secretary Peters said.
Tolls, never popular, are nonetheless inevitable. That's the focus of my column today.
The Seattle PI has a good roundup of state-regional responses to USDOT's announcement. Everyone seems delighted. Of course, we may see more of this.
