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Bill CramerJanuary 19, 2017
The United States faced a capital investment backlog of $836 billion in 2012, but the right investment strategy will close the funding and financing gap by 2032, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration concludes this month in the latest edition of...
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Bill CramerJanuary 17, 2017
The global tolling industry is extending a warm welcome in response to Elaine L. Chao’s likely confirmation as the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation after her hearing on January 11.
“IBTTA and the tolling industry are excited to work to advance...
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Bill CramerJanuary 12, 2017
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, and an array of foreign dignitaries were on hand late last month for the inauguration of the all-electronic Eurasia Tunnel, a $1.25-billion, 14.5-kilometre facility that...
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Bill CramerJanuary 10, 2017
The news that the Illinois Tollway has budgeted nearly $1 billion this year for capital investment, with the largest share devoted to Move Illinois projects, points back to three priorities the agency has laid out for advancing its system and...
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Bill CramerJanuary 5, 2017
“It’s a great problem to have,” said Mindy Peterson, spokesperson for RiverLink, operator of the new toll system on the Ohio River bridges.
Less than a week after the new I-65 Abraham Lincoln Bridge, the improved I-65 Kennedy Bridge, and the new...
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Bill CramerJanuary 3, 2017
As New Year’s resolutions go, it’s about as sharp and focused as you could ever hope for. In a presentation, late last year to a special committee of the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB), IBTTA Executive Director and CEO Pat Jones closed...
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Bill CramerDecember 20, 2016
After nearly two years of negotiation and regulatory proceedings, Germany and the European Commission have reached a breakthrough agreement on road tolling for passenger vehicles.
Until now, tolling in Germany has been limited to trucks, explains...
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Bill CramerDecember 13, 2016
After a painfully divisive general election season, it turns out there’s something American voters agree on: In overwhelming numbers, voters on both sides of the aisle and across all demographic groups say the federal government should pass “a...
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Bill CramerDecember 8, 2016
The State of Florida has a message for the incoming administration of Donald J. Trump: When it comes to highway infrastructure, we know what to do, and we’re ready to roll.
That was the unmistakeable storyline last month when the “digital...
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Bill CramerDecember 6, 2016
Yet another milestone! The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) latest highway mobility statistics would almost be old news—except that, with a new Administration preparing to take the reins in Washington, DC, the numbers could not be more...
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