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Oregon: GPS tolls to phase out fuel taxes

An Oregon state agency has proposed a 20-year-plus transition to mileage-based tolls as the principal means of financing and managing the state's roads as fuel taxes decline. The Road User Fee Task Force (RUFTF pron 'rufftuff') was appointed by the legislature in Nov 2001 and given eight years to design and implement a new revenue collection system...MORE

Trucking up strongly - a toll assist

ATA estimates the tonnage of freight trucked in the US is up about 5 percent over the level of the middle of last year. It is still slightly below the peak in December 1999... Trucks represent about 25% of toll revenues on average, far more on major truck routes like the Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes, Indiana Toll Road, Chicago's tollways, and the New York State Thruway. MORE

Colorado tolling on

The Denver area's toll beltway is rolling west with three major developments, going counter-clockwise:
(1) At the beginning of this year the E-470 Public Highway Authority opened the final section of its road making the connection to I-25 north from Denver Int Airport. (2) By October or November this year the Northwest Parkway will extend the circumferential route another 15km (9mi) to Broomfield near US-36. (3) This April the state and three local jurisdictions in the west of the area announced an agreement to do the permitting and route selection (EIS) for a final 35km (22mi) segment from Broomfield to I-70/C-470 in Golden... MORE, MUCH MORE

Electronic toll costs 7c-9c vs cash 14c-27c

Electronic tolling (ET) is generally touted for its customer benefits - ending the hassle for the driver of handling cash while driving. Its other customer benefit is in allowing quick movement through the toll plaza. It eventually allows full open road tolling. For toll operators the major attraction of ET is the increased throughput per toll lane...MORE

Garden State Parkway swallowed by NJ Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike is swallowing up the Garden State Parkway. New Jersey Governor James McGreevey is pushing ahead with what he calls a merger of the state's two largest toll agencies, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and the New Jersey Highway Authority (NJHA) which operates the Garden State Parkway (GSP or Parkway.)

Congestion means demand, what no... IRF chief

To any novice in the back office of an investment bank, road congestion means demand is exceeding supply. It is a sign of success. It means it is time for more investment to adapt supply to demand. To a...MORE

Reauthorization's protracted struggles

A major battle is under way over “Reauthorization,” the legislative contest to reshape federal highway and transit aid for the next six years. Most of us recall 1991’s ISTEA, and 1998’s TEA21. Now they are trying to settle the legislation for FY-2004 (which begins Oct 1 this year) to FY-2009. The Bush administration proposes a $190 billion federal-aid highway program for the six years Fiscal... MORE

Support for 4-mile tunnelway in northeast Sydney

An Australian government report urges a 6.5km (4mi) long tunnelway to Sydney's Warringah peninsula in the northeast of the metro area. The conservative Liberal Party opposition in the state of NSW has said it will make support for the investor-financed project a priority in its election campaign later this year, while the state Labor Government is expressing skepticism about the financability... MORE