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Drive 12miles to avoid a $13 toll?

Drive 12miles to avoid a $13 toll?

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JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
Verrazano bridge in nyc.

i'm going back to DC from brooklyn, ny.
thinking of going thru manhatten and the holland tunnel. (no tolls for outbound holland.)
it adds 12miles to my commute which i predict will only add ~12 min at 60mph. (Leaving b4 10am EST.)

Yes/no?


edit:
car gets 30mpg.
12miles @ $3/gallon in NJ = ~$1
 
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Yes, I would, especially if my car gets good gas mileage. If traffic is moving fine, it will only add 15 minutes or so to the trip. You do have to get into Manhattan (don't know where you are starting) but if you are in the East Bronx there will be a Toll on the Triborough Bridge. You can take the Harlem River Drive or the 3rd Avenue bridge to avoid the toll. In Queens or Brooklyn, you can pick the Williamsburg, Brooklyn or Manhattan Bridge to get into Manhattan.
 
so people in NYC can't drive all around their own city without paying tolls?
 
DaTT said:
so people in NYC can't drive all around their own city without paying tolls?
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toll bridge, highway and tunnel are common there. There are non toll ones, but they take longer. If you are familiar with the routes you can reduce your tolls.
 
If all it added was that amount of time, I would go around. NYC bridge tolls are relatively steep. The time you're leaving puts it around morning rush, so I don't know how the traffic is.
 
Sometimes I drive farther and pay the same toll just for a better road. Based only on the facts provided, yes I drive to get away from the toll. If that means bumper-bumper traffic, then hell no.

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IRS gives you 30¢ a mile? If so, you be making 70¢ a mile by avoiding the toll.
 
Hell yes. Even if I went nuts with the happy pedal, that's still only $4 in gas, and I don't mind driving...plus, my experience with tolls in NYC (though mostly GWB) doesn't say that it'll be much faster than going 12 miles around...I've been stuck for a damn hour-plus to get through a toll.
 
the DRIZZLE said:
This will add much more than 12 minutes to your trip. What time of day are you leaving?
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Sure sounds like it. Is this commute happening today? If so, definitely cut through Manhattan and take the Holland tunnel as nobody is on the road. On any non-holiday weekday and most weekend days this trip is going to vary, but be forewarned that going from Brooklyn to the Holland tunnel can be terrible regardless of how you go from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Canal street and the surrounding area can be a nightmare when tunnel traffic backs up.

I don't generally take the Verrazano since my destination in NJ is far north of there, but my friend goes that way a lot to get to and from work and he seems to think it is worth the toll when there is traffic. Then again, being from NY/NJ he's probably more used to the insane tolls.
 
lxskllr said:
Sometimes I drive farther and pay the same toll just for a better road. Based only on the facts provided, yes I drive to get away from the toll. If that means bumper-bumper traffic, then hell no.

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IRS gives you 30¢ a mile? If so, you be making 70¢ a mile by avoiding the toll.
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I remember when it was $.30/mile, but the IRS gives you $.555/mile for 2011, so that 12 mile commute will cost on average $6.66 Most people don't figure in the depreciation on the car and maintenance costs (tires, oil, air filters, etc.) when figuring out their true mileage costs.
 
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FrOm Brooklyn take the vz. Not worth it going through manhattan. Taking the bqe to the Brooklyn bridge and going through Chinatown will waste gas and time
 
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