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Video: Chokepoints: Washington Tolls on I-405 are going up!

Mar 1, 2024, 1:57 PM | Updated: 2:28 pm

Tolls are supposed to go away because they are meant to pay for a project or debt. Here in Washington, we have Congestion Pricing. The goal is to price people out of fast lanes so that transit and high occupancy vehicles can have a faster and more reliable trip. Chis Sullivan and Micki Gomez break it down in this latest edition of Chokepoints.

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Video: Chokepoints: Washington Tolls on I-405 are going up!