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Tolling Points - By Bill Cramer

Tolling: A Highway Funding Tool for All Seasons
Bill CramerJanuary 29, 2015
Stories
There are two sides to the coin in a recent piece of investment advice in Fortune magazine, pointing to low oil prices as a good reason to buy into toll-backed municipal bonds. With West Texas Intermediate and Brent Crude oil both trading below $50... Read More
Gas Taxes Fall Far Short of the Full Cost of Driving
Bill CramerJanuary 27, 2015
Stories
As the U.S. Congress approaches the deadline for reauthorizing the federal transportation program, it’s going to be hard enough to balance a $17 billion annual shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. But what if it turned out that today’s gas taxes... Read More
Tolling: a proven mobility and funding solution right in front of our eyes
Bill CramerJanuary 21, 2015
Stories
With a call for a bipartisan infrastructure plan to “make this country stronger for decades to come,” President Obama’s sixth’s State of the Union address raised the curtain on a debate that will shape the future of America’s highway transportation... Read More
Rodriguez Brings ‘The Business of Mobility’ to U.S. Congress
Bill CramerJanuary 20, 2015
Stories
The Business of Mobility is IBTTA’s theme for 2015 as Javier Rodriguez, P.E., Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), takes the helm as the association’s 2015 president. "Our economy and mobility depend on the quality of our... Read More
As Gas Tax Revenues Erode, Congress Needs New Funding Options
Bill CramerJanuary 15, 2015
Stories
Congress has a new challenge to address as the countdown begins once again fund the federal Highway Trust Fund and pass a Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill. Even if legislators increase the federal gas tax—a feat that was last accomplished... Read More
Road User Charging: The Vision and the Practicalities
Bill CramerJanuary 8, 2015
At the California Sustainable Transportation Funding Workshop last fall, IBTTA caught up with two leading advocates for road user charging (RUC) as a promising highway financing option.     “Our vision for paying for the highway system in the long... Read More
Illinois Tollway Brings Jobs Home for Blind Employees, Veterans
Bill CramerJanuary 6, 2015
Stories
The Illinois Tollway is getting high marks for its decision to bring its call center contract back to the state—and to locate it at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where half of the 244 jobs go to people who are either blind or veterans. The... Read More
MoPac Expressway Buys Trees for the Neighbors
Bill CramerDecember 22, 2014
Stories
In the age of highway megaprojects, tolling agencies run the risk that customers will react to the noise and inconvenience during construction of a billion-dollar piece of infrastructure. So it’s great to see the Central Texas Regional Mobility... Read More
A Picture Tells a Tolling Story
Bill CramerDecember 18, 2014
Stories
This is how you tell the story of a successful tolling project. Melbourne, Australia-based Transurban Group is out with a fantastic infographic—the file name calls it wall art—that tells the story of the 95 Express Lanes, the congestion relief... Read More
Virginia’s 95 Express Lanes Present a Glimpse into the Future
Bill CramerDecember 15, 2014
Stories
National legislators got a first-hand look at the future of highway transportation last Wednesday when the Commonwealth of Virginia cut the ribbon on the 29-mile 95 Express Lanes project. The lanes follow a 29-mile route along I-95 and I-395 between... Read More

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