A group of business interests have formed the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates to advocate against proposals to add tolls to existing interstate highways.
February 28, 2014GovernmentBusiness
R.I. Passes Bill to Delay Toll Increase on Sakonnet Bridge
The Rhode Island General Assembly has passed a bill to delay the date on which the tolls on the Sakonnet Bridge were due to rise for cars and trucks.
March 24, 2014Business
N.Y. Governor, Lawmakers Push Lower Tolls for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and legislative leaders have endorsed a plan to reduce tolls on the bridge connecting New York City boroughs Staten Island and Brooklyn.
February 11, 2014Business
First-Time Tolls Slashed for Tunnels to Va. Port
Newly elected Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced a nearly 50% reduction in the tolls that will be charged for the first time, starting Feb. 1, at two tunnels leading into the East Coast’s third-largest port.
January 27, 2014Business
Pa. Turnpike Tolls to Rise Jan. 5
Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will increase Jan. 5 by 2% for those paying with E-ZPass and by 12% for those paying cash.
December 31, 2013PerspectiveBusiness
Opinion: Zeroing in on Actual Cost of Tolls
December 23, 2013
Business
Bridge, Tunnel Tolls to Rise in New York By $10 For Truckers
Trucks will have to pay $10 more starting Dec. 1 to travel into Manhattan across the bridges or through the tunnels operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
November 26, 2013GovernmentBusiness
Group Seeks to Stop New Tolling on Interstates
The Alliance for Toll Free Interstates is recruiting members to join truck-stop operators, truckers and other highway users to fight attempts by states or Congress to toll existing interstate highways.
November 19, 2013GovernmentBusiness
N.Y. Improperly Spending Toll Revenue, ATA Says in Lawsuit
Officials with the New York State Thruway, a major artery for commercial trucking, are improperly spending millions of dollars in toll revenues annually on the state’s mostly recreational canal system, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Nov. 14 by American Trucking Associations.
November 14, 2013GovernmentBusiness
Virginia Court Rules Planned Tunnel Tolls Can Proceed
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Oct. 31 that the state can proceed with plans to begin tolling in February on two existing tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth in order to pay for construction of a third.
October 31, 2013