New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recently approved spending plan includes a variable tolling program that would affect travelers driving into Manhattan. Its impact on trucking is still unknown.
April 2, 2019tolling
Government, Business, Logistics
Traffic crosses the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. (Julie Jacobson/AP)
Tolling Plan Approved for Manhattan, but Rates Remain Unclear
Traffic crosses the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. (Julie Jacobson/AP)
Government, Business, Logistics
Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg News
New York City Congestion Pricing Hits Speed Bump Over Who Gets Exemptions
Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg News
New York lawmakers facing an April 1 deadline to approve a state budget have agreed to impose tolls upon motorists who enter midtown Manhattan, but they still must decide on politically fraught issues over who gets to be exempt.
March 29, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Cars driving along FDR near 102nd Street in New York (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)
Manhattan Drivers Could Be Facing $11.52 Toll to Drive City Streets
Cars driving along FDR near 102nd Street in New York (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)
London did it. So did Singapore and Stockholm. Now New York may be coming around to congestion pricing.
March 27, 2019
Government, Business
Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw. (CT-N)
Two Tolling Plans for Connecticut Debated at Hearing
Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw. (CT-N)
Connecticut lawmakers spent 11 hours peppering transportation officials with questions and listening to public input on Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal for electronic tolls at a hearing March 6.
March 7, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News
New York City Girds for Possible Congestion-Pricing Changes
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News
Under the plan sketched out Feb. 26, electronic-tolling devices would be installed around the district south of 61st Street by 2020, with discounts for off-peak travel. Uber Technologies Inc. is among those supporting the push for so-called congestion pricing.
February 27, 2019
Government, Business
Trucks and cars travel on I-84. (aaroads.com)
Connecticut Report Projects Tolls Could Raise $1 Billion a Year
Trucks and cars travel on I-84. (aaroads.com)
The Connecticut Department of Transportation released a study Nov. 14 which stated that electronic tolls posted on highways throughout the state could raise nearly $1 billion a year, but the study comes at a time when a tolling program underway in neighboring Rhode Island faces a court challenge.
November 19, 2018
Government, Business, Opinion
Opinion: ATA’s Strength Built on Solidarity
By coming together with one voice, ATA has been able to effectively advocate on issues that motor carriers deem important, says Dave Manning, the 73rd chairman of American Trucking Associations and president of TCW in Nashville, Tenn.
October 9, 2018
Government
Democrats debuted their own infrastructure plan that aims for a $1 trillion federal investment. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
Senate Democrats Debut Infrastructure Plan That Would Reverse Elements of GOP Tax Overhaul
Democrats debuted their own infrastructure plan that aims for a $1 trillion federal investment. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
Less than a month after President Donald Trump unveiled his infrastructure proposal, Senate Democrats released an infrastructure plan of their own.
March 7, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel
Doug Kerr/Flickr
Minnesota DOT Studies Tolling Along Major Twin Cities Routes
Doug Kerr/Flickr
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering the cost of expanding its tolling program, according to a feasibility study of several major corridors.
January 31, 2018
Government, Business
Mark Danielson/Flickr
Congress Awaits Infrastructure Plan Next Week; Freight Groups Oppose Tolls in Leaked Draft
Mark Danielson/Flickr
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will need to vigorously promote his wide-ranging infrastructure funding proposal to help advance it through a skeptical Congress this year, the leader of the Senate committee on freight affairs said Jan. 24.
January 23, 2018