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Fla. toll suspension for Irma costs state $3 million a day in revenue
The 16-day suspension of toll roads in Florida to aid evacuations and returns before and after Hurricane Irma struck will result in more than $45 million in lost revenue, according to the Sun Sentinel. The newspaper reports, though, that the Florida Turnpike system factors toll suspensions for hurricanes into its annual budgets, so the lost […]
September 27, 2017
Construction Equipment
Miami’s tower cranes can’t withstand Irma’s Category 5 winds, city warns
Miami officials are concerned about the 20 to 25 tower cranes that are on construction sites in the city, as Hurricane Irma barrels toward Florida. The cranes can withstand winds up to 145 mph, but not a Category 5 storm, the city says. The National Weather Service reports that Irma is packing maximum sustained winds […]
September 7, 2017
Roadbuilding
RIDOT: RhodeWorks tolling program will net $42.3 million annually
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) reports annual net revenue from its RhodeWorks tolling program will reach $42.3 million. The tolling program places bridge tolls on heavy commercial trucks. The tolls provide part of the funding to bridge repairs under the RhodeWorks program, which provides for the repair of more than 150 structurally deficient […]
May 26, 2017
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway approves 3 construction contracts valued at $11.7 million
The Illinois Tollway recently approved three construction contracts valued at $11.7 million at its December meeting, bringing the 2016 total for construction and engineering services to $340 million. The Tollway reports roughly $4.5 billion has been invested since the 15-year, $12 billion Move Illinois program began in 2012. “While we still have room to improve, we’re […]
December 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
$6 billion Tampa Bay Express approved by local planning organization
The Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which sets transportation policy for the Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City and unincorporated Hillsborough County, voted to keep the Tampa Bay Express (TBX) on its current path to completion, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Times. The $6 billion TBX will add toll lanes to roughly 90 […]
June 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Texas lawmakers take a hard look at toll roads
Lawmakers in the state of Texas are taking a long, hard look at toll roads, and there has been a push to do away with them altogether. Many are beginning to question whether toll roads are actually being built to ease congestion, which was the original plan, or whether they are just being built to […]
April 8, 2016
Roadbuilding
Tolls impede the American spirit of the open road
Jack Kerouac would weep, were he alive today. The author famous for making road trips a rite of passage would be shocked to find how tolls, tickets and traffic fines are being used as revenue enhancement schemes and an extension of the American surveillance state. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Drug Enforcement Administration […]
February 1, 2015
Business
More reasons not to build toll roads
As a follow up to my earlier post on the Texas SH 130 toll road, I wanted to elaborate on another reason why I think toll roads are a bad idea: elitism. Tolls for me, free for thee Most of the sophisticated toll systems today photograph your license plate or read an RFID transponder in […]
January 19, 2015
Business
A drive on a Texas high-speed toll road: Is this how everybody will drive in the future? I hope not.
Over the holidays I had the opportunity to travel south on the newest Texas toll road, otherwise known as State Highway 130. The 131-mile road was built to ease Austin’s crushing traffic burdens, particularly along Interstate 35, but controversy has dogged the project since the road opened. The financing for SH 130 has always been […]
January 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
A New Year’s Resolution for Congress
Ever get tired of reading about the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)? It seems like every other day a new politician is stressing the importance of transportation infrastructure, yet Congress continuously fails to reach a long-term transportation funding plan. Heading into 2014, people were hopeful for a long-term bill. Unfortunately, Congress was unable to work out […]
December 30, 2014
Business
Recent toll road poll proves nothing; private financing of public roads is still a bad idea
The Reason Foundation and the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates recently traded jabs over a poll that purports to show Americans prefer toll roads as a solution to our declining transportation infrastructure. Not unexpectedly, the Reason-Rupe Poll  found favor with Reason’s longstanding position advocating toll roads. The Alliance shot back with a press release citing a […]
August 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Toll roads, P3s and creative financing will bring short-term gain, long-term disaster for the road building industry
For the last half-century gas and diesel taxes collected at the pump have been the primary source of funding for almost all our highway infrastructure. But Congress hasn’t  increased the gas tax or adjusted it for inflation since 1992. Anti-tax advocates claim this as a victory, but it’s not. With the highway trust fund running […]
August 8, 2014
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