Transportation bill would raise Logan parking fees

About a month after parking fees at Logan were raised $1, Governor Patrick's transit overhaul bill would raise the fees by another $2 if it gets passed in its current form.

The additional fee is dubbed the "carbon fee" in the bill and would raise parking fees to $6 for up to an hour, $18 for up to 3 hours, and $26 for a full day.

State Transportation Secretary James Aloisi Jr. told The Herald that the fee would fund airport-releated transportation projects and encourage people to take public transit to the airport.

The second part of that comment is ironic, seeing that national, state, and local governments just spent $15 billion on the Big Dig so it would be easier to drive to the airport.