Comments on: Staten Island: Toll Rage After Lack of Collectors On ‘Erev Second Days Of Pesach’

By: PhillyMommy

PhillyMommy — Sun, 01 May 2011 21:07:41 +0000

#3,

It didn’t help to have EZPass, which we did. Traffic was too backed up to even reach the toll plaza. We sat there for over an hour before we finally gave up and managed to get out at the last exit in NJ and head back to Philadelphia.

Incidentally, there had been signs on the NJ Turnpike announcing major delays at the Goethals, which is why we headed for the Outerbridge in the first place.

By: TikkunHatzot

TikkunHatzot — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:54:19 +0000

#3-Did you read the article?

By: George D

George D — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:12:32 +0000

I saw the mess and took the Bayonne Bridge. Worked out well.

By: charliehall

charliehall — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:31:55 +0000

Why couldn’t people have just used EZPass, or the Goethals Bridge?

By: emlf

emlf — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:18:39 +0000

Just an interesting note – last night, motza’ay Yom Tov, somewhere around 11:40 pm or so (give or take ten, twenty minutes), traffic on the way from NJ to NY by the Outerbridge crossing was stopped! Boruch HaShem, after a few minutes, it cleared, but we weren’t moving for those few minutes.
Maybe the toll collectors were busy selling back chometz?!

By: rdavid

rdavid — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:31:53 +0000

Toll collectors and garbage collectors seem to have more than one thing in common.