As some in the trucking industry feared, Rhode Island’s plan to make only trucks pay tolls within its borders has another state thinking about doing the same.
March 2, 2016Government, Business
Truck Tolling Supported at IBTTA Session
“There are a lot of states interested in what Rhode Island is doing,” moderator Christopher Mwalwanda of CDM Smith said at the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s Transportation Policy and Finance Summit on March 15.
March 15, 2016Government, Business
House T&I Staff Director, Eno’s Davis Talk Infrastructure at IBTTA March 14-15
The role tolls play in funding infrastructure projects around the country will head the discussions at the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s policy summit in Washington, D.C., March 14-15.
March 11, 2016Government, Business
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Says Truck-Only Tolling Worth Considering
Government, Business
Florida Examines Express Toll Lanes Between Tampa, Orlando
BARTOW, Fla. — Express toll lanes are the only way to relieve future congestion on Interstate 4 between Lakeland, Florida, and Tampa, the Polk Transportation Organization was told Feb. 25.
February 26, 2016Government, Business
Potential Expansion of Tolling Program Concerns Washington Trucking Group
A pilot tolling program in Washington state is working so well, in the view of the state’s Department of Transportation, that it might be expanded, a possibility that concerns Washington Trucking Associations.
February 23, 2016Government, Business
Texas DOT Begins Looking at Axing Tolls
The Texas Department of Transportation is beginning a legislatively mandated look at what it would cost to eliminate toll roads in the state, the agency’s new executive director said.
February 19, 2016Government, Business
Rhode Island Truck-Toll Plan Still Needs FHWA Approval
Even though Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed RhodeWorks into law on Feb. 11, her trucks-only tolling plan still needs to be approved by the Federal Highway Administration before it can roll smoothly toward a projected opening of the 14 tolling gantries in 18 to 24 months.
February 16, 2016Government, Business
R.I. Gov. Signs Truck-Toll Plan; Industry Threatens Legal Action
The Rhode Island Senate took less than three hours Feb. 11 to approve Gov. Gina Raimondo’s RhodeWorks proposal, which includes truck-only tolls, one day after the House of Representatives debated the issue seven hours before signing off on the measure.
February 15, 2016Government, Business
Feud Over Toll Plan Rages
The war of words between Rhode Island officials and the state’s trucking association over Gov. Gina Raimondo’s truck-only tolling infrastructure plan just keeps boiling.
February 8, 2016Business
Truckers: Toll Plan Will Put Them Out of Business or Drive Them Out of R.I.
A host of people connected to the trucking industry testified Feb. 4 that Rhode Island's truck-tolling plan is an existential threat to their businesses or a factor that could drive them from the state to more hospitable climates.
February 5, 2016