Should New Jersey eliminate tolls on the Turnpike and Parkway?

Here’s something that might make your next drive on the Turnpike a little more frustrating than usual.

When the New Jersey Turnpike Authority was created in 1948, the tolls were written into law as a temporary user fee — a way to pay off construction bonds, after which the road was supposed to become part of the state’s free highway system. The bonds got paid off decades ago. The tolls didn’t…