Tolling Points - By all
Bill CramerApril 6, 2017
Ohio Turnpike customers are beginning to cast their lot with faster, more convenient mobility, with nearly two-thirds of respondents in a recent survey saying they would consider or support a toll increase if it meant getting rid of gates along the...
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Bill CramerMarch 30, 2017
IBTTA’s fundamentally important role as an international peer learning community was one of the focal points of a recent ITS International profile of Emanuela Stocchi, Director of International Affairs at the Italian toll concessionaires’...
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Bill CramerMarch 28, 2017
When it was time to dig into the pros and cons of public-private partnerships (P3s) to pay for President Trump’s proposed ambitious infrastructure plan, IBTTA Executive Director and CEO Patrick Jones was one of the experts S&P Global Market...
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Bill CramerMarch 23, 2017
3.2 trillion vehicle miles.
That’s the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s preliminary figure for the distance Americans travelled in vehicles, in the U.S., in 2016.
It represents a 2.8% increase over 2015. And a lot of wear and tear on the...
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Bill CramerMarch 21, 2017
With a new national infrastructure plan possibly taking shape in Washington, DC, it’s hard to imagine a more opportune moment for IBTTA to host its annual finance and policy conference.
When you register for this year’s Summit on Finance, Policy and...
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Bill CramerMarch 16, 2017
Cedrick Fulton, Director of Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, is Chief Meeting Organizer for IBTTA’s Summit on Finance, Policy and VMT, April 23-25, 2017 in Jersey City, NJ. In this interview with...
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Bill CramerMarch 14, 2017
Sometimes, all it takes is one smart, heroic intervention by one good citizen to shift the debate on a matter of burning importance to everyone.
It’s rarely that simple when a state is deciding on a tolling program, and it’s not quite what happened...
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Bill CramerMarch 10, 2017
The United States still faces an $836-billion capital investment gap for highways and bridges, four years after the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) last raised the alarm in its quadrennial report card on the country’s infrastructure.
The...
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Bill CramerMarch 9, 2017
To anyone who listened closely to yesterday’s U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on funding America’s transportation infrastructure needs, one conclusion was inescapably clear: one way or another, almost all the solutions on the table...
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Bill CramerMarch 7, 2017
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is opening an important new line of discussion with Congressional voices that share widespread concerns about the dire need for highway infrastructure improvements, but haven’t yet embraced tolling as a...
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