Good. Long overdue. Maybe higher Bay Bridge tolls will incentivize some better bus serve to Ocean City from the western shore.

Chris,

Good? Long overdue? Transportation revenues are raided time and time again by our politicians for whatever purpose they deem fit.

This toll increase won't incentivize or inspire anything except more wasteful and oftentimes useless ways to spend our hard earned money.

Spot on, Don't Tread. This is a backhand tax increase that allows the prostitutes in Annapolis to avoid a vote which could be used against them. Instead, they just steal from the fund to cover the costs of their pet projects.

Dear Chris and any other Idiots who think that higher tolls, taxes and rates are a good idea:

YOU'RE ALL NUTS!!!

The Maryland state government and its elected officials continue to legally extort money from every citizen.

And you Citizens of Maryland let it happen.

Get this there will be a series of public hearings to gather comments - WHAT A WASTE.

They are going to do it anyway.
There are many of us who support the peaceful and constitutional overthrow of this state government – that’s right – I said peaceful and I said constitutional.

A one party state has NO accountability and citizens of Maryland – you continue to let it happen.

Think about it citizens.

Let me guess they are going to even increase the rates on the bridges over the Susquehanna from an already outrgeous $5 to $6 or even $8, more then you pay for much larger bridges even the Golden Gate

I didn't vote for him,,,,,,,,,,dumb dems.....

Good point. if they are going to increase the tolls this much then Annapolis has to ensure that the revenue goes to transportation funding and CANNOT be raided. Put it on a referendum for the next election like the Maryland Constitution allows.

DTOM11: regular transportation revenues are raided by politicians, but toll facility revenue isn't.

The "MTA" doesnt control the tolls on any roads. The "MDTA" does.

No one likes higher costs for anything but I am willing to pay more if it means that my bridges and tunnels and roads are safe and maintained. I am always amazed, when I cross over in Pennsylvania, for example, how much better Maryland's roads are compared to some neighboring states. I, for one, am willing to make sure that condition continues.

Correction to those comments above related to the involvement of Annapolis in these proposed hikes: The toll facilities are owned and managed by the Transportation Authority, which is funded by bond and toll revenue and which has a responsibility for paying back bondholders, among other things. The one-way toll on the Bay Bridge, currently at $2.50, is LESS than the $2.80 charged for a round trip when the first span of the bridge opened in 1952. Sound financial decision making should not yield to political pressure. Nor should road and bridge safety be compromised.

Been over the Delaware Memorial Bridge lately? How about any of the New York bridges or tunnels. Maryland's are bargains by comparisons.

Instead of calling it another TAX its called by Mike Miller as an Ehanced Revenue Source. A tax by another name still stinks. I think we all still remember the 20% increase in the sales tax passed by M.O.M. a couple of years ago. Now they also want to raise the gasoline tax 10 cents per gallon. will an additional $260.00 per year bankrupt me. Probably not, however thats going to restrict my spending money that could benefit a local resturant, going out to the ballgame, or movies. And then who is the ones that lose from all of this. The 1st thing I do when I cannot meet my budget is cut costs! Think what the goverment does is raise taxes, oh I forgot it an enhanced revenue source and the source is US.