Welcome to Free the Pike Massachusetts

FREE THE PIKE!

Sponsored by Citizens Against Tolls

Thank you for visiting! Citizens Against Tolls is a state-wide ballot committee dedicated to getting rid of the tolls on the Mass Pike and the Tobin Bridge. Our ballot initiative, the "Massachusetts Toll Limitation, Accountability, and Reform Act," was approved by the state Attorney General's office, and we are now working on collecting the signatures needed to get the question on the 2004 ballot. This will enable people to cast a vote instructing the state to remove the tolls. However, we need your support to make this possible!! Please contact us to sign the petition, volunteer to collect signatures, or make a donation.

DOWNLOAD AND PRINT PETITIONS (you will need Adobe Acrobat)
Click Here to Download the Petition Papers
Note that you must print the petition papers double sided and with no modifications. Please take care to make sure that both sides are printed right side up.
Also note that it is essential that only registered voters from the same town sign the same sheet. You must print separate sheets corresponding to each different town you are collecting signatures for.

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$10 Contribution

Alisia Jezierny
617-335-4259
citizensagainsttollsma@yahoo.com

ABOUT THE BALLOT QUESTION
The "Massachusetts Toll Limitation, Accountability and Reform Act" does five things. They are:

Removes all tolls on the Mass Pike from I-95/128 westward, and merges the Pike with the Massachusetts Highway Department.
Removes the tolls on the Tobin Bridge.
Reforms the Turnpike Authority to make it more accountable to the voters of the state. The current 5-member board will be replaced with a 3-member board consisting of the state Treasurer, the Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Transportation.
Prohibits any future tolls from being erected on any highways in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Changes the way toll violation fines are assessed and appealed. Currently, anyone who does not pay a toll by going through the Fast Lane without a transponder has a picture taken of their license plate. The first violation results in a warning being mailed to the violator; the second violation results in an automatic $50 fine. The fine can only be appealed to the Turnpike Authority. To appeal the fine in a court of law, one must file a civil action, which costs money and is time-consuming. The new law, as proposed in this ballot initiative, will lower the fine to the price of the toll plus $5.00. Appeals will no longer be made to the Turnpike Authority, but will instead by treated like any other violation, which can be appealed in a court of law.