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> go to the outskirts of D.C. and talk to any worker who has to transit over what Macquarie Bank calls the giant american cash machine. I live in the Washingto

• ggm 2y ago
  Maybe it's changed. Friends who lived WV/VA and worked DC said the toll roads were a nightmare and they timed their drives quite carefully. Those toll roads were bought by Macquarie bank and provided a very healthy income stream. Roads like the Dulles greenway. I read they had a requested 40% price hike rejected recently so maybe things have got better. There could have been a lot of hyperbole in their position, but I think up to 5 or more roads around DC got bought by Aussie companies bankrolled by Macquarie infrastructure investment.
  • 486sx33 2y ago
    I don’t remember a single toll road I had to transverse in Maryland or VA or DC and I drove north south and then south north, including around the capital and pentagon. Most tolls are in the further northern states like New York , New Jersey etc… I’ve never commuted to DC from Maryland for work though, so I can’t comment exactly what goes on there. In general road tolls are very low and reasonable in the US aside from super touristy spots IMHO WV to DC doesn’t make a lot of sense … I expect the amount of West Virginians who commute to DC to be rather non existent…