Congestion Tolling Likely in New York City Business District
New York City officials are exploring congestion-based tolling scenarios to fund mass transit that could see commercial trucks charged $82 for a one-way drive through the business district.
Federal Trial Underway on Rhode Island Truck Tolling
A federal court is finally hearing oral arguments in a 4-year-old legal challenge to the state of Rhode Island’s trucks-only tolling program.
P3 Project Gets Underway to Ease Freight Movement in Chicago Area
Illinois officials recently announced construction has started on the Houbolt Road Extension project, an effort to improve traffic flow and freight movement near Joliet.
Alabama Leaders Pitch Trucks-Only Toll Bridge
Leaders in the Mobile, Ala., area have proposed plans for a new toll bridge project that will be exclusive to large trucks.
ATA Files for Preliminary Injunction in Rhode Island Truck-Tolls Suit
American Trucking Associations has filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island for a preliminary injunction in the ongoing lawsuit against the state’s trucks-only tolling program.
Texas No Longer a Trailblazer for P3 Tolling
More than two years after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared a moratorium on toll roads, a new report by a global research firm said the public-private tolling sector continues to decline in the state that was once a trailblazer for toll road P3 projects.
Rhode Island Truck Tolls Exceed Revenue Projections in First Year
Rhode Island’s truck tolling program brought in $7.2 million in its first year, slightly exceeding revenue expectations.
NYC Congestion Pricing Triggers Hustle for Discounts, Exemptions
Commercial truckers want out of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. So do advocates for the disabled, taxi drivers and swaths of the suburbs.
April 2, 2019RhodeWorks Creator Gina Raimondo Re-elected Governor
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, architect of the controversial RhodeWorks program that includes trucks-only tolls, clinched a second term.
States Will Lead in Infrastructure Funding Innovations, IBTTA Panelists Say
BALTIMORE — Infrastructure funding programs across several states eventually will serve as models for federal transportation agencies, experts at a conference hosted by a tolling advocacy group indicated Oct. 15.