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...addition, if the tax is passed, future toll increases will be unnecessary. This is fortunate, as gas taxes reflect a more equitable taxing policy than tolls, since all motorists share the tax burden fairly, not just those who travel on certain roads. The alternative solution—increasing tollbooth rates—also does not promote the adoption of greener modes of transportation...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Fueling Change | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

MALL COP to star next as zookeeper, then doorman, then possibly tollbooth attendant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...micropayment service for the micromessaging set. Gamers have their own digital currencies that can be used for impulse buys during online role-playing games. And real-world commuters are used to gizmos like E-ZPass, which deducts automatically from their prepaid account as they glide through a highway tollbooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Save Your Newspaper | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...channel the massive floating oil rigs ready to be towed to sea have stood firm. But a large shrimp boat, 50 feet long or more, sits on its side in the parking lot in front of Willie G's Seafood and Steakhouse, wedged between a crushed parking lot tollbooth and the tramline rails, its anchor hanging like a noose over the roof of the tram stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Storm-Ravaged Galveston, Echoes of New Orleans | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

...that man breaking into an apartment building? Does that tollbooth operator realize she's being photographed? And isn't it illegal to have cameras in New York's Brooklyn Battery tunnel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google Maps: An Invasion of Privacy? | 6/12/2007 | See Source »

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