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TRUCKERS' CLAIM * USA - Tolls will hurt truckers and, thus, consumers in the Bay Area
MTC wants to increase the toll on trucks by 200 percent to 300 percent
Oakland,CAL,USA -The Contra Costa Times, by John Yandell (owner of Yandell Trucking in Oakland) -19 Dec 2009: ... Trucks are only 2 percent of the traffic on the bridges, so does that increase to our industry not seem out of line in today's economic climate? The trucking industry is already laden with devastating regulations from the California Air Resources Board on emissions. Everyone in the industry supports clean air and minimizing their carbon footprint, but the issue we have is the timing to comply is to stringent... At the end of the day, who is going to pay for these dramatic increase on the bridges? The consumers of course... I went to all four public hearings on this issue, and the attendance by the public was very poor. So if they are going to rally before the vote in January, they better get going... (Photo from wikipedia: San Francisco's bridge at night)
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