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Biden’s Nominee for Secretary of US DOT Would Lead Build Back Better Efforts
Bill CramerJanuary 5, 2021
Stories
With President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration just weeks away, the early indications are that infrastructure will be at the heart of the new administration’s economic strategy. Biden’s selection of former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg,... Read More
Latest Federal COVID-19 Relief Package Gives States Flexibility to Make Funding Available to Toll Agencies
Mark Muriello, IBTTA Policy and Government Affairs ConsultantDecember 29, 2020
Stories
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed legislation to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief and to fund government agencies and programs for the remainder of federal fiscal year 2021. On December 27, President Trump signed the more than 5,500-page piece... Read More
IBTTA Blockchain Working Group: 2020 Report
Matt Milligan, Milligan Partners LLCDecember 15, 2020
Stories
Guest blog by Matt Milligan, Milligan Partners LLC, Chair, IBTTA Blockchain Working Group At the beginning of this year, IBTTA’s Emerging Technology Committee created the Blockchain Working Group to educate and engage the general membership on... Read More
DOTs Find Creative Solutions to Make Up Funding Shortfalls
Bill CramerDecember 8, 2020
Stories
Though state officials are already looking ahead to a post-pandemic era when revenues and construction projects stabilize, recent news reports show how badly some state departments of transportation (DOTs) are hurting. It all shines a light on the... Read More
Tri-State Test Sets the Stage for Autonomous Truck Platooning
Bill CramerDecember 1, 2020
Stories
Tolling agencies in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio are at the center of a bold initiative to test platooning for automated long-haul trucks through one of the most important and heavily travelled freight corridors in the United States. The Smart... Read More
New Interest in Tolling as UK Seeks New Revenue, Vancouver Studies Mobility Pricing
Bill CramerNovember 24, 2020
Stories
With internal combustion vehicle bans emerging as a go-to climate solution, and large urban areas scrambling to get a handle on gridlocked traffic, two different jurisdictions in the last week have identified tolling as a possible answer to their... Read More
Toll Agency’s Grazing Program Reduces Wildfire Risk in Orange County
Bill CramerNovember 17, 2020
Stories
California’s Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) could hardly have known that the 23 acres of disturbed land it bought in 2005 near the Cleveland National Forest would end up on the front lines of the effort to keep Orange County safe from two... Read More
The Biden Administration Transition Begins with Infrastructure as One Early Priority
Bill CramerNovember 10, 2020
Stories
As votes are still being counted, the transition from one administration to another has begun after a long and bruising U.S. election campaign. With President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris declared the winners, the tolling... Read More
Finally, Election Day in America
Bill CramerNovember 3, 2020
Stories
Finally, Election Day in America With all eyes focused on today’s high-stakes contest for the United States Presidency and Senate, the tolling community is waiting to see what the results portend for the next four years of national transportation... Read More
You Told Us: Tolling Executives Explain Why They’re Renewing Their IBTTA Memberships
Bill CramerOctober 27, 2020
Stories
Every association knows that the best member service program is only as good as the way it meets members’ need for information, advocacy, business development, and professional connections. So with IBTTA launching its 2021 Membership Renewal... Read More

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