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Bill CramerFebruary 21, 2019
“Running smoothly.”
They’re the two words that every road builder and traffic planner looks forward to hearing at the end of a project. And they were the main takeaway from local traffic reporter Chris Sullivan of Seattle’s KIRO Radio, after the...
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Bill CramerFebruary 19, 2019
A late January opinion piece in the Roanoke Times in western Virginia captures the kind of integrated, systematic thinking that could deliver a durable solution to the United States’ infrastructure investment crisis.
The post by retired public...
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Bill CramerFebruary 14, 2019
The province of British Columbia got a harsh snapshot of the economic value of mobility late last year, when a delayed decision on a tolled bridge prompted a western Canadian pharmacy chain to consider moving its corporate headquarters out of the...
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Bill CramerFebruary 12, 2019
A new study is pointing to road usage charging as the preferred method to ensure that electric vehicle owners pay their share of the cost for the roads they use.
“As we think about this longer-term transition toward a much higher volume of electric...
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Bill CramerFebruary 7, 2019
Laura Kelley, Executive Director of the Central Florida Expressway Authority, and Fran O’Connor, Vice President of SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business, are co-Chief Meeting Organizers of IBTTA’s Annual Technology Summit, March 31-April 2, 2019 in Orlando...
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Bill CramerFebruary 5, 2019
A civic organization comprised of CEOs in the Capital Region of Washington, DC, Baltimore and Richmond is impressed enough with the performance of the area’s congestion pricing system that it’s advising Boston on how to get the greatest mobility out...
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Bill CramerJanuary 31, 2019
One of the most successful managed lane projects in the United States has taken its place as a test bed for some of the most important concepts on the road to introducing autonomous and connected vehicles on American roadways.
The trials combined...
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Bill CramerJanuary 29, 2019
The acronym V2X (vehicle-to-everything) was a big part of the buzz at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019) in Las Vegas earlier this month, with a handful of automakers committing to deploy technologies that will enable their cars to...
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Bill CramerJanuary 24, 2019
When hundreds of IBTTA members gather in Orlando, FL, March 31-April 2, for the association’s Annual Technology Summit, they’ll notice major changes in a conference that has helped drive the tolling industry’s embrace of new systems, services, and...
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Bill CramerJanuary 22, 2019
A new administration is taking the reins in Connecticut with a powerful new piece of evidence in hand, after the Department of Transportation (CTDOT) reported late last year that the state could raise about $1 billion per year with the introduction...
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