This is unbelievable -- ScottsdaleHokie 12/06/2017 09:26AM
Response from VA State Police on HOV enforcement -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 11:24AM
I saw them last saturday I took 495 to 66. -- MEHOKIE 12/05/2017 8:27PM
You know the cops are going to enforce it, more money for them. I truly -- hokieman842 12/05/2017 3:09PM
Just drive in it and declare yourself a sovereign citizen -- typed by ben 12/05/2017 4:26PM
Giving up? There used to be many more toll roads and bridges. ** -- 48zip 12/05/2017 3:26PM
Yea but they were not $40, I remember with the nickel bridge in Richmond -- hokieman842 12/06/2017 08:57AM
Even I-95 had a toll when the Nickel Bridge was a nickel. ** -- 48zip 12/06/2017 10:56AM
Yep I rembemer that, but they did away with it when the road was paid for. ** -- hokieman842 12/06/2017 11:09AM
Nickel was also supposed to but, obviously, didn't. ** -- 48zip 12/06/2017 11:30AM
But it is only for inside the Beltway correct? You can still use 66 -- hokieman842 12/05/2017 11:18AM
FYI. 2 new toll lanes in each direction coming to I66 outside beltway -- Burke Hokie 12/05/2017 11:30AM
Just inside the beltway during rush hour** -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 11:22AM
Ok cool thanks, outside the beltway is hell enough when I have to go up -- hokieman842 12/05/2017 11:24AM
So how far do you get to go for $32? Left NOVA for good in 94. ** -- HokieinTampa 12/05/2017 11:11AM
9 miles is the full length ** -- Burke Hokie 12/05/2017 11:12AM
High of $40 today ** -- Nova Hokie 95 12/05/2017 11:01AM
How much time does the $40 save? ** -- bigbadbird 12/05/2017 11:11AM
VDoT usage stats from yesterday -- dans93 12/05/2017 11:26AM
Only 37% rode for free as carpoolers. That's low -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 12:29PM
Interesting -- wonder what's causing that -- Nova Hokie 95 12/05/2017 11:35AM
I think the difference is that the HOV/HOT window is larger now -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 12:23PM
I'm sure enforcement plays a part -- Beerman 12/05/2017 11:41AM
His post says it's comparing to a typical Monday morning ** -- Nova Hokie 95 12/05/2017 11:42AM
It does -- Beerman 12/05/2017 11:48AM
They did something similar to the HOV lanes in the 757 -- EDGEMAN 12/05/2017 10:57AM
If I worked in the private sector, would ask my employer to either... -- EDGEMAN 12/05/2017 10:55AM
30-40 per day? that is $200 per week, or $10k per year, heck of a raise -- fordham 12/05/2017 11:44AM
Double it because people commute morning and afternoons ** -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 4:19PM
Other posts in this thread looks like afternoon is much cheaper -- fordham 12/05/2017 4:32PM
There may be more people who work a compressed schedule now -- VTHokie2000 12/05/2017 4:53PM
I told my client I will come in for mid-day meetings ... -- vt90 12/05/2017 11:18AM
Pickup a slug at the Vienna metro ** -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 11:20AM
That is also an option ... but if my client is ok with me working remotely -- vt90 12/05/2017 11:29AM
Or, don't use I-66. Just like you didn't use it last Tuesday either ** -- Beerman 12/05/2017 11:08AM
Eggsactly ** -- 48zip 12/05/2017 1:34PM
It's a bait and switch; project was sold as being in the $9 range at peak ** -- BleedinOandM 12/05/2017 10:47AM
Where do/did you see $9? Besides, it was sold as whatever price -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 11:30AM
Saw the $9 is today's Washington Post but you are right... -- BleedinOandM 12/05/2017 11:36AM
Thanks, and kudos for the open mind. Heck, I'm not saying it's a good idea -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 12:19PM
NOVA is hell on earth. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 12/05/2017 10:24AM
How bad have the alternate routes been? 50, 123, GW Parkway, etc? ** -- Burke Hokie 12/05/2017 10:22AM
It's NOVA, so I'm guessing bad, bad and bad. -- Late 80s Hokie 12/05/2017 11:47AM
It sounds bad, but it's demand based pricing on a limited and expensive -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 09:30AM
Only sort of... -- Beerman 12/05/2017 10:15AM
Before HOT lanes, couldn't low emissions vehicles w single drivers use 66 -- Thankful Hokie 12/05/2017 10:54AM
Pretty big point being overlooked by media. Many people bought hybrids -- Burke Hokie 12/05/2017 11:24AM
The hybrid exemption ended in 2011 -- Beerman 12/05/2017 11:51AM
True. Those cars last a while though so many were still able to use it ** -- Burke Hokie 12/05/2017 12:01PM
There were exemptions, yes -- Beerman 12/05/2017 10:56AM
Yes, but that has been eliminated now ** -- Nova Hokie 95 12/05/2017 10:55AM
How about flying cars? Can they escape the tolls? ** -- EDGEMAN 12/05/2017 10:58AM
I got on at 9:05 and the toll was $24 then but I drove -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 10:08AM
I can't speak to the quality of the pricing, but I'm not shocked -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 10:12AM
Yes, but in pushing the project through ... -- Nova Hokie 95 12/05/2017 09:54AM
They will recalibrate -- Beerman 12/05/2017 10:12AM
Yeah, the may recalibrate: but why not cap at $20 until better data? ** -- BleedinOandM 12/05/2017 10:50AM
They adjust the tolls every 6 minutes based on volume -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 11:23AM
Should re-calibrate to whatever keeps the traffic low and flowing -- RTFC 12/05/2017 10:08AM
How can you recalibrate the demand curve? If you lower prices -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 10:06AM
Per VDOT, Mondays are lighter, due to work-at-home jobs. ** -- 48zip 12/05/2017 1:36PM
I wish that Handsome Al was still around to answer that -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 10:14AM
Fall of '84. I was in that class. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 12/05/2017 11:31AM
I usually went at 10am, but sometime would bring in beer -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 11:40AM
Grain + grape soda in MacBryde. Bad idea w/ no windows. Trust me. -- 48zip 12/05/2017 2:04PM
I'll have to check that out, lol ** -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 10:15AM
I lean towards that argument as well but devil's advocate is that it's a -- BG Hokie 12/05/2017 09:49AM
I get that, I get the run it like a business argument, I get the influence -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 10:15AM
That's true when there is $0.00 debt. -- RTFC 12/05/2017 09:52AM
And $0 maintenance costs ** -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 10:09AM
That maintenance money has been in the budget forever -- TheNuke 12/05/2017 10:19AM
In the budget is not "already paid for". As to money leftover -- jmanatVT 12/05/2017 10:27AM
+32.00 and keep raising it for those that want it. ** -- RTFC 12/05/2017 09:32AM
A bottle of Buffalo Trace ** -- bigbadbird 12/05/2017 09:12AM
I love it. It is like the government is a legal drug pusher. -- Coach McGuirk 12/05/2017 08:33AM
Especially those of us not used to the traffic. This exactly happened to me -- RhinoVT 12/05/2017 08:47AM