Massachusetts: Steven Baddour

BOSTON - A group of local officials, ranging from Boston Mayor Tom Menino to several state legislators, railed against a proposed toll increase at a hearing of the Joint Committee on Transportation Wednesday.

The hearing, the third of four on the challenges faces the state's transportation system, was intended to focus on proposed legislation that would increase the state's gas tax as an alternative way to increase revenue. But before that was discussed, several lawmakers expressed the outrage of their constituents with regards to the proposed toll hikes.