Greenway new toll rate - July 2010

Yeah...I didn't clearly explain the various #s in my letter. However when Dan Scandling called I was able to explain:

I was factoring in the non-rush hour times for the Greenway explains the $25.50 & $22.50.

There are various entry/exit points for the Toll Road which have rates of $.50, .75 & $1.00. VDOT's website does not aggregate these tolls, they only state the main toll plaza.

Typically we pick up co-workers who live in Reston/Herndon so we end up paying an extra toll but we can utilize the HOV lanes. That's how I derived my $2.25 (DTR)

Hope that makes sense and good catch.

 

Would it help if I uploaded a copy of our bill. It clearly shows $5.25 for the Dulles Greenway (new rates effective July 1, 2010)?

 

Eric - I don't think I stated we are being overcharge for the Greenway, but if I did thank you for explaining the cost breakdown.

IMHO: It comes down to the way it is reported on the bill. It shows a $5.25 for the Greenway, it does not itemize the cost to reflect $.75 (of the $5.25) is going to the Toll Road. Not to be argumentative, but I disagree with your assertion that I am lumping the bills, VDOT is (not me).

 

Either way that is probably over $5,000 a year cost for them and that is just plan highway robbery. I am glad they are losing toll revenue. The less people that ride it the more they will raise their rates and the more people will say enough until finally something has to give.

If this happened over 200 years ago I bet today we would be talking about the Greenway Party instead of the Tea Party.

 

Thanks for posting the links and letters Erica. When I have a few moments, I will definitely be emailing. It is ridiculous how much we pay for the Greenway and we avoid it as much as we can.......typically taking LCP/Waxpool/28 to Herndon/Reston in the mornings. But the exit at 28 and off of 28 are horrendous in the evenings when we are rushing for daycare pick-up and sports activities, so we end up paying it. Even the insane amount to get off the Greenway at 606 sometimes!!!! Hopefully something will change and soon though I'm not optimistic. Then again there seems to be a small ray of hope with OB so maybe it *is* possible.

 

Interesting link: http://www.macquarieatlasroads.com/asset-portfolio/dulles-greenway.htm

Click on the Financials tab. There are PDFs with details of all the financials with the Greenway.

Last year they LOST nearly $28M. In fact, at least going back to 2004, it's never come close to actually making money. Time for the state to buy out the private owners I say.

 

I guarantee that those books are cooked more than my mothers meatloaf. Wolf knows it as well. Trust me, these people are not losing anything.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/business...th-dulles-mopup/2005/09/29/1127804607256.html

Also notice they used to give you a discount for using a smat tag. They took that away as well. Don't know if it was recent or not, just know it is now gone.

 

Lucky that you get to. Most of us do not. It is only gettign worse. With Metro coming out here, the Dulles Toll Road will increase it's toll to pay for the metro. So the $12.60 I pay a day (x2 for two cars) will be going up again soon. I hate the greedway and try to only take it one way in the a.m. I value the time I spend with my little one at home too much not to but I hate it being a slave to it.

 

You and me both!

 

Wow, that's interesting... and even shadier than I thought.

 

Congressman Wolf's site on his Greenway efforts.

http://wolf.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=122&sectiontree=7,93,122

 

Totally agree. There is no way they are not making money. I agree accounting can be skewed. Shameful.

I sent an email to Congressman Wolf as well.

The comments on the WTOP site were all over the place. Love the person that moved to Fairfax because they hate the look and feel of Ashburn. I say good riddance.

 

They increased mine to $75 because we were (emphasis on were) frequent users of the Greenway.