Lets put an end to “Tollation”, tolling without representation. #tollation
Sign the petition that would require all tolling agencies in Florida to seek voter approval for new tolls and future toll increases. This petition initiative seeks to get the issue on the November 2016 ballot in Florida.
Just 5 easy steps:
1. Download the petition by clicking on this link.
2. Print out the petition
3. Fill out the petition. Please be sure to include your name, address, voter registration number or date of birth, signature and the date your signed the petition.
4. Mail the completed petition to: PO Box 3051, Miami, FL 33283
5. Email your friends and family and encourage them to sign the petition.
Please post on your Facebook and Twitter pages and ask your friends and followers that are Florida registered voters to sign the petition.
Do you happen to have a web version of the form? I’m sure I can probably get more people to submit their petition if there was a more convenient submission format- like that of an online form. Thanks so much for leading this front!!
Francesco,
No there is no on line version. This is an official petition that must be printed out, completed my a registered voter and mailed. The on line petitions have no legal standing like this one does. 750,000 signatures are needed.
When is the deadline for submitting petitions to amend the state Constitution to be on the ballot for the 2016 election?
Ty, it was in January. Chris Wills with http://www.nomoretolls.us was heading up that effort.
I want to commend you for doing your part to inform the public! I tried finding a web-based petition form but have not been successful. At this point, I’d like to promote the print out/mail out form, but would like to know the deadline for petition submission. Do you happen to know by when submissions must be mailed out? If you happen to know, could you add this information on this site? I think other viewers would benefit from this as well. Thanks again for caring about your community!
Just received a nice letter from MDX charging me 938 dollars for tolls, this is only for a two month period driving back on forward to work! Its plain big government corruption.
I read the article posted where the MDX rep said that most people signing this didn’t even live in the area where the new tolls are being applied . I DONT LIVE IN THE AREA BUT I DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY for work shopping etc… this money I understand is for the maintenance and expansion but thats exactly why we want transparency if in fact the cost match the demand then whats the problem?
Thank you very much for taking the time for your community. For years we have become doped up with the politicians locally and around our country. It seems that very few politicians have the people’s needs at heart, and unfortunately, we all become so consumed with our personal lives, such as work or family, that is then that the decisions of our community are made and unchecked. We have to be more vigilant of these politicians and vote them out if they are not doing right for the people. Lastly, as an employee for a locally owned company, if you are ever in need of office supplies for less than the big boxes, please contact me at once. It would be my pleasure to work with such a caring individual.
Thank you.
I understand that drivers are upset by the increase in tolls but we wouldn’t need these tolls/roads of mass transit options were better. It’s time to pressure politicians to do what they said with mass transit and increase our options. Now back to the current tolls issue, people who live WEST of 95 are the ones paying the most but they can move closer to where they work. No one needs to depend on their cars the closer they move to the city they work in.
Tolls for those the use the roads. Don’t want to pay tolls don’t use the roads.
Easy as that. Who else should pay? Other options are the WEST-> EAST bus routes.
Ponder this, 95% of MDX debt is inflation-proof. 65 to 70% of your tolls go to pay that debt. Fixed rate debt is inflation proof. MDX plans to inflate your tolls. Time to stop this madness. Sign the petition.
We live in North Florida near Tallahassee and frequently travel to visit my children in Brevard County. Our children make the same trip in the opposite direction. All of us avoid the Orlando tolls and turnpike tolls by using alternate routes, even though it is a little longer distance. Orlando looses food and fuel revenue we generate by their tolls. I think Orlando could greatly reduce road construction by eliminating tolls and keep traffic flowing freely. It is also clear some making comments should study UN Agenda 21 (sustainable development).
Thank you for fighting for all of us, you can count on me, I’m a road warrior and this tolls are killing me, thank you for fighting for us….
No more high tolls in Miami. I had bad experience when I had to rent a car. My sunpass was in my bag and it didn’t get the sign. They charged me $26.00 one time sunpass.$26.00
Reverse tolls! Take them down
NO TO TOLLS AND CAMERAS !!!!!
SAY NO TO MORE TOLLS AND CAMERAS NO NO NO NO!!!
I agree is getting out of hand. As a retire I have to much restrictions avoiding the tolls payments because it too costly for my retirement.
Toll in florida is ridiculous!!!!!
This is incredible to charge us tolls on roads we have already paid for and pay with gas tax every time we go to the station. Also Dade County has a 5 cent gas tax every time we stop for gas. where can I and my friends sign.
If I am not mistaken if we had accepted expanded Medicaid the Federal gov’t would have paid for most of our road improvements and alleviated great suffering for many of our under privileged. I will not support those who are so hard hearted in the election causing yet greater pain for the 99% so the 1% can benefit even more We should bring back President Eisenhower’s policy of taxing large corporations over 90%. People were not starving and/or sleeping in the streets, education was basically free. and most things were made in the USA.
This is a rip off! all these politician are a bunch of crooks! Stop this already!!!! enough is enough!
Is shameful what MDX is doing we have to unite, and put an end to this, we need to fight furiously like Mad Dogs, because the people that we are up against, dont want to loose millions of dollars, and the administrative salaries of all these Vultures.
This toll lane madness needs to stop now! It’s time for smart development, an end to sprawl, and mass transit choices, instead!
I just received a new MDX invoice and the latest is a collection fee for $41.50. I know they have to make back their money for over charging people, but this is ridiculous. My son is a delivery driver. He receives a bill once a month for $50-$60. Sometimes he can’t pay on time so they charge him a $5.00 for a late fee. The most recent bill, $5.00 plus a $41.50 collection fee. Get out of town with this BS. Starting a petition on line to get Governor Rick Scott and Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez to abolish this madness. I know they have to pay back a lot of people, due to the initial over charging, but making us pay outrageous fees just to be able to pay off their debt is wrong. My son has to go to work to make a living and it’s sad how the people that are already struggling to survive, have to be taxed once more. Enough is enough already.
Not fair ! And good luck trying to get them on the phone !
No More Tolls !
I would like to help in this cause and would like to give all business owners in Dade County a free poster to be displayed in the front windows of bushiness or were ever visible to the public. It would be simple and to the point. It will create consciousness.
NO MDX
NO TOLLS
NO EXP LANES
YES TO GET BACK OUR ROADS
Great idea! How about bumper stickers since is about tolls and motor vehicles? What if we, meaning everyone that foes thru tolls, choose one day of every month not to pay tolls!!
It could be a national dont pay tolls day.
go ahead I support you pianoman305@gmail.com
This activism is long overdo! My children are establishing credit and driving on the toll roads each way to work. The tolls create great financial hardships that affect a family’s economical situation. The county citizens are inundated with these tolls that still come in the mail months after actual use of the roadway(s) creating unforeseen burdens on those who have and especially those who don’t have credit or bank cards.
Great idea! How about bumper stickers since is about tolls and motor vehicles? What if we, meaning everyone that foes thru tolls, choose one day of every month not to pay tolls!!
It could be a national dont pay tolls day.
What would happen if eveyone decides not to pay tolls?!!!
I know of a country where they put a toll and the people burn the booth to the ground. Lol
Highway robbery
175 a month is driving me out of the market for the home I want to live in. The tolls are gonna increase further from here with no vote by the people.. Taxation without representation and total scam.. There should be a monthly cap to what any driver in the state pays per month based on the cost of living.
Shop charging users excessive and crazy tolls on every state whay shame on our politicians
Me gustaría qu esta peticion se pudiera firmar personalmente recogiendo firmas en supermercados y en los centros de trabajos, de la forma que esta hecha esta peticion es casi imposible de llegar al monto de firmas, no todo el mundo sabe llenar correctamente el documento, no todos se comprometeran a imprimirlo y enviarlo por correos y no todos tienen acceso a una computadora hay aas de casa retirados y personas mayores que no saben como hacerlo personalmente los que conozco en esta situacion pasan de una docena, me da la impresion que la forma en que lo han hecho es una justificacion mas para decir lo pusimos y no alcanzamos las firmas hay que hacerlo mas accesible
Enough is Enough.
Let’s work toghether to get ride off this burocracy and corruption tha hurt all citizen of Florida.
If there anyone that has more information on petitioning for the tolls please email me minxi_675@hotmail.com. I shouldn’t be paying over 100 a month in tolls because I drive to work From west Kendall and there literally 4 different tolls I hit there AND BACK. So ridiculous! The roads still aren’t in the best condition but I’m paying all this money!!!
No more road tolls! These are discriminatory taxes against low income groups, senior citizens and others on fixed incomes!
NO MORE TOLLS ! We pay taxes , thank you ! Let’s get back our roads !
Hello Sheri,
As you know, while you and I are busy working and looking to save wherever and whenever we can, the Bureaucratic Machine at all levels of State, City, and County governments are just as busy figuring out ways in which they can squeeze one more dime out of us …
They’ve [finally] figured out that they can Maximize their toll revenues and make their toll enforcement practices even more efficient by consolidating the various entities into one System: FDOT, Tampa Expressway Authority, and MDX. It took these minions and their bosses about 3-4 MONTHS to merge all these and channelize everything to the http://www.sunpass.com website.
I thought we were getting a break due to all the nasty roadwork, re-routing, lane closures, road debris, accidents, and related traffic delays. But I was wrong. Unbeknownst to us all, the technocrats continued logging in each and every toll transaction from each of the Toll systems. And then, for their final surprise masterpiece, they dumped 3-4 months worth of Tolls on every driver! I picked up the mail one morning and saw an invoice for close to $102.00. And that’s only because I take care to avoid the major toll roads when driving from Broward to my office in Miami. That includes the 836 Dolphin Xpressway. If I had used that route, it would have been EASILY another $300 – $400 (!!).
But they have gotten even more clever in their unquenchable thirst for more revenue: they are going to increase their “administrative fee” once the grace period ends (March 31st I believe), AND they’re trying to fool people who don’t use Sunpass into giving out their e-mail addresses online. One must look carefully to find the ‘fine print’ that reads that any personal e-mail and/or phone number information given becomes “public information” subject to “requests.” Hmm … so any XYZ marketeer can ask and it
“shall be given” to them — our personal info. I would not put it past these bean counters to try and SELL that information to third parties; such data is in high demand, and it is a lucrative business! Witness what Google and Amazon do with theirs …
The latest scheme is what appears to be a MASSIVE undertaking to add more tolls on the 826 (Palmetto), and to wring more money out of each driver by restricting the number of FREE lanes, thus forcing people to fork over more $$ to go on the Express Lanes … In summary, roadways have become the NEW way in which the “State” can extract additional monies from the working class, while they spend tons of taxpayer monies on all sorts of unnecessary, or questionable projects, give themselves frequent, and constant pay raises, pensions, and perks.
I don’t know when people are going to wake up; but I know that one day they will. And it will not be pretty.
Thanks for “listening.”
We are fighting the tolling of I-10 in Mobile, Alabama on an ALDOT proposal to toll a new bridge over Mobile Bay. We have a Facbook page Block the Mobile Bayway Toll run by Jim Zig Zeigler. We need any help and advice you can give us please join our Facebook page and invite others so you can help us stop this juggernaut before it happens. Encouraging the younger generation to support tolls because it increases their FICO score is criminal. Any factual input is most welcome. Thank you for standing with the people.
Robin,
Sorry for the very delayed reply. Here in Florida, there is a petition initiative to require voter approval for any toll rate increases or new toll roads. They have a FB group too its called: I signed all 3 petitions #NoMoreTolls, #NoMoreRedLightCams, #NoMoreFines!
I saw a piece on the evening news a couple of days ago dealing not only with the toll issue, but also of the poles now in place on SR 826 in Miami-Dade County – that this new configuration is in fact slowing down traffic. Any idea how I can get into contact with that effort? The poles are for the birds. A terrible idea that needs to come to an end asap.
Thank you.
PS – Please tell readers it’s a state law (a good one) requiring drivers to use their blinkers BEFORE they change lanes or make a turn. The overhead electronic signs filled with idiotic messages might well be used to inform drivers what the laws are. “Section 316.155 of Florida Statutes sets forth the times when a turn signal is required. Any vehicle turning right or left or changing lanes, must use signal an intention to turn for at least 100 feet prior to turning or changing lanes.” Thx to the Ticket Clinic. And btw, I wrote the FDOT using their own website for comments/suggestions and, I know you won’t believe me, but they never answered me. Safe travels to all – it’s dangerous out there.