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Pittsburgh-Philly air 'toll' goes sky high - opportunity for the Penn Pike, bus and web
Posted on Tue, 2011-11-29 22:29
Here's a gutsy 'toll' hike! The US Airways roundtrip basic air fare Pittsburgh-Philadelphia (pre-tax) is rising mid-January from $118 to $698 - a story the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Len Barcousky has this morning. That's a 5.9-fold increase or 423%.
Car travel about a quarter of the cost of transit
Posted on Sun, 2009-03-01 21:28Car travel currently costs about 24c/passenger-mile versus 87c on transit in 2007. Randall O'Toole of the Cato Institute gets these rough numbers as follows:
Car off the road?
Posted on Sat, 2000-10-07 19:12Car off the road?
Originally published in issue 51 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 2000.
Page:21
Subjects:transit car
Sources:Randal O’Toole
A Car Is Hard to Beat
Posted on Thu, 1999-11-11 16:21A Car Is Hard to Beat
Originally published in issue 44 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Nov 1999.
Page:5
Subjects:car advantages automobility
Sources:Randy Bartlett
ATTITUDES That love affair with...
Posted on Tue, 1998-04-07 05:34ATTITUDES That love affair with...
Originally published in issue 26 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 1998.
Page:4
Subjects:car versus transit
Agencies:USDOT
ATTITUDES
That love affair with...
POLITICS Virginia
Posted on Tue, 1997-12-16 10:00POLITICS Virginia’s “Axe the Car Tax” Guvn’r
Originally published in issue 22 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1997.
Page:11
Subjects:car tax politics
Facilities:Third Hampton Roads Crossing VA-168 I-895 Midtown Tunnel I-64 HOT
Locations:VA
Sources:Farmer
POLITICS
Virginia’s “Axe the Car Tax” Guvn’r
GUEST EDITORIAL That
Posted on Tue, 1996-06-04 06:00GUEST EDITORIAL That “love affair” with the car
Originally published in issue 4 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jun 1996.
Page:1
Subjects:car phobia love affair with car
Locations:US
Sources:Melvin Webber
