You are here

Home » News & Media » Tolling Points

Tolling Points

Have an idea for a blog post?

Check out the Tolling Points Contributor Guidelines and plan your post!

Tolling Industry Offers to Assist as President Trump Lays Out His Infrastructure Vision
Bill CramerMarch 1, 2017
Stories
As the White House and federal legislators begin putting together a funding package for the $1-trillion infrastructure program that President Donald Trump announced in his speech to the U.S. Congress Tuesday evening, the tolling industry stands... Read More
Watch for Emerging Issues, Tolling Innovations at IBTTA’s Communications and Administration Workshop
Bill CramerFebruary 23, 2017
Stories
  Anna Salvagin, Senior Program Manager at AECOM, and Michelle Maikisch, Chief of Staff at the Central Florida Expressway Authority, are Co-Chief Meeting Organizers for IBTTA’s Communications and Administration Workshop, March 12-14, 2017 in Tampa,... Read More
In Canada: Tolling “is no tool to sneeze at, especially when the toolbox is slammed shut by our own allergy to higher taxes…”
Bill CramerFebruary 21, 2017
Stories
What kind of stir would it create if the former chair of the United States Federal Reserve issued a full-throated endorsement of tolling? It hasn’t happened—at least, not yet. But it made news across the U.S. northern border last weekend when David... Read More
San Antonio Newspaper Delivers Articulate Case for Tolling
Bill CramerFebruary 16, 2017
Stories
Highway users in Texas received an unexpected and powerful message from the Editorial Board of the San Antonio Express-News, in the form of an extended soliloquy on the virtues of tolling. Texas has had its share of tough moments over tolling in... Read More
Trump Infrastructure Plan Amps Up the Dialogue on Value-Added Tolling
Bill CramerFebruary 14, 2017
Stories
With the Trump Administration searching for pathways to deliver a trillion-dollar infrastructure program built largely on private investment, Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation is out with an op ed pointing to tolling as a key piece of the puzzle... Read More
Add Another Benefit to Tolling’s Long List: Public Health
Mitchell BeerFebruary 7, 2017
Stories
Guest blog by Mitchell Beer, Smarter Shift To all the other accolades tolling agencies can lay claim to when they deliver safe, reliable mobility, it’s time to add a new one: Public health protector. That’s the upshot of a research paper presented... Read More
IBTTA’s Communications and Administration Workshop: A Relaxed Setting for Intensive Learning
Bill CramerFebruary 2, 2017
Stories
Tampa, Florida will be the setting for some of the most topical and intensive discussions on the IBTTA agenda when this year’s Communications and Administration Workshop convenes March 12-14. Hosted by the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (... Read More
Georgia’s State Road and Tollway Authority Opens Georgia’s First Reversible Toll Lane
Bill CramerJanuary 31, 2017
Stories
Georgia’s State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) made history last weekend when Governor Nathan Deal cut the ribbon on the state’s first reversible toll lane along Interstate 75. See video here by WSBTV- Atlanta. “The more we grow in this state,... Read More
Will There Be Bipartisan Consensus to Invest in Infrastructure in the U.S.?
Bill CramerJanuary 27, 2017
Stories
It is a new year and a new day in Washington, DC. Is it possible there will be a bipartisan consensus on infrastructure investment of vital concern to citizens and business? President Trump is aiming for a trillion-dollar infrastructure initiative.... Read More
Stocchi Highlights International Mobility Connections as 2017 Theme
Bill CramerJanuary 24, 2017
Stories
International Mobility Connections is IBTTA’s theme for 2017, marking Emanuela Stocchi’s year as the association’s president. “IBTTA is a great community of men and women who have built human as well as professional relationships inspired by... Read More

Pages