Tue, Mar 03, 2009
State Budget Includes $2 Per Car Charge
It's been only about a year since
Massachusetts finished a $15 billion tunnel designed in part to
provide better access by car to Boston's Logan International
Airport. Now, Governor Deval Patrick wants to raise parking fees at
the airport to as much as $7 an hour, in an effort to keep cars
away and force airport patrons to use mass transit.
Included in the rate would be a $2 carbon fee. The proposal is
buried on page 137 of Patrick's 140-page state budget proposal, and
may be challenged by the FAA even if it passes muster with the
state legislature.
While taking public transit to the airport is tough if you have
young kids or checked bags, the new fee is being embraced by
environmental activists, and is defended by state Transportation
Secretary James Aloisi.
"It should not be inexpensive to park at convenient facilities
in the middle of Logan Airport," he said. "We need people to
understand that there are better ways to get to Logan."
One of the few big winners in the proposal might be
Boston-Manchester Regional Airport. While it's located over the
border in New Hampshire, 50 miles north of the center of the metro,
the one-hour drive brings those in the know cheaper fares, and
on-airport parking as cheap as $10 a day.
Some Logan fliers already shun parking at the airport
altogether. Northborough resident Fay Kelley spoke to the Boston
Globe as she arrived home from a trip to Florida last week.
"We never park here. It's too expensive. We take a limousine.
It's cheaper than parking here and they pick you up right at your
house."
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