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Pike technology lag costs money, time

Massachusetts Turnpike tollbooths at Weston. Increased automation could eventually save millions for the Turnpike Authority. Massachusetts Turnpike tollbooths at Weston. Increased automation could eventually save millions for the Turnpike Authority. (DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFF)
By Noah Bierman
February 24, 2008

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Red barns and artisan cheese shops are not the only quaint aspects of a trip to Western Massachusetts. Drivers along the turnpike also get to see real-life workers standing in tollbooths, handing out ticket stubs without collecting money, a task relegated to machines more than 40 years ago in some states. (Full article: 1237 words)

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