Downtown Boston

Monday, May 26, 2008

The Mass Ave toll booth...

Why do we have this extra little toll booth on the corner of Mass Ave and Melnea Cass Blvd? Don't we pay enough to drive in the city as it is between the gas, other tolls, parking, more gas, parking tickets, and oh yeah more gas. Could we maybe have a little law enforcement down here to rip this panhandling toll booth off the corner a couple of times a day??? The city gets no funds from this toll booth. It's just an awkward inconvenience for all of us. If you've never driven through here imagine this: you're sitting at a light in traffic waiting to make this horrible turn . You just sit there, waiting for a green light when this toll booth walks between you and the car next to you. You roll up your window as they're asking you for your funds. They knock on your window yet again asking you for funds. You just sit their ignoring their requests because you know it's not mandatory to pay this toll. You're still just sitting there still waiting patiently for this green light. The light turns green, everyone around you guns it hoping to make the 3 second green light before they get stuck being asked for their fares yet again. You make the light almost running the toll booths big toe over in the process. If you're familiar with this toll booth I'd like to hear what you have to say about this. I'm looking for a few good ideas on how this problem could be solved.

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