The board says increases in gas and sales taxes as well as new tolls could be necessary.

He said the state budget should not be balanced by passing new tolls onto the public.

The authority is exempting two small groups from the new tolls.

The new toll could cost the shop an extra £5 a week.

But there is more than anecdotal evidence that the shifts are taking a new toll on American companies.

Mr. Bloomberg has also said that no new tolls would be put into effect this year.

They all agree the new tolls are too high.

And why should new tolls be limited to bridges?

Yet as consumers benefit, each round of reorganization takes a new toll on the industry.

Among the poor, some say, death at an early age was already so common that the new toll fails to stun.