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Roadbuilding
Don’t mess with the toll roads; Virginia man racks up $250K bill
That’s one heck of a bill for going through tolls without paying. A Virginia man didn’t realize that he had to pay tolls when he was driving through unmanned toll booths at night three years ago. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) took Bourcier to court because the fees racked up from $440 to more […]
November 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
MassDOT to hold public meeting on all-electronic tolling
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will hold a public meeting on August 22 to discuss its all-electronic tolling (AET) proposal. MassDOT has proposed converting and replacing the I-90 Western Turnpike and I-90 Boston Metropolitan Highway System interchange-based manual cash and electronic toll collection systems with new AET systems, which would eliminate the need for […]
August 21, 2013
Roadbuilding
Massachusetts moves forward with all-electronic tolling plan
Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick and his administration are moving forward with a $250 million plan that would replace toll collectors in the state with all-electronic tolling, according to a report from The Republican. In addition to the push for all-electronic tolling, officials are working on a plan that would reinstate passenger-vehicle tolls between Exits […]
August 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
New tolls on old interstates? Almost unthinkable.
The issue of tolling existing interstates isn’t going away. It’s not popular and it’s down in the “slim and none” chances category in most analyses. But with highway funding hopelessly inadequate and no new source on the short-term horizon, this issue will linger. It will raise its head as MAP-21 winds down and heads into […]
July 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Massachusetts to implement all-electronic toll-taking
Massachusetts is following Los Angeles’ lead and installing all-electronic tolling systems. However, rather than focus on one toll booth on one bridge, Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Richard Davey has said the goal is to have statewide open-road electronic toll collection fully operational mid-2015, according to CBS Boston. The toll booths will cost $60 million to $80 […]
May 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
Americans prefer tolls to fund transportation projects
The majority of Americans–71 percent–would be willing to pay a higher toll fare to save time, according to the results of the America THINKS 2013 Tolling Survey from HNTB Corporation. The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans in late January, looked at ways Americans think of tolling, also found that more than 63 percent of respondents […]
May 6, 2013
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