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Consider a relatively bulky item, say, a package of paper towel. Probably takes up about a cubic foot of volume, which is 0.027 cubic meters.

Suppose you drive that into NYC in a very small van, say a Ford Transit. A quick google tells me that has a cargo capacity of 10 cubic meters. The $15 toll amortized over 370 packages would add an additional cost of 4c per package.

This is the most extreme case I could think of off the top of my head. I believe most deliveries use vans with a much larger cargo capacity than a Transit.



> The toll will be $24 for small trucks and charter buses, and will rise to $36 for large trucks and tour buses

Still very acceptable for cargo.




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