A federal court is finally hearing oral arguments in a 4-year-old legal challenge to the state of Rhode Island’s trucks-only tolling program.
May 25, 2022Truck toll
Government, Business, Logistics 
A Rhode Island toll gantry. (WJAR10.com )
Federal Trial Underway on Rhode Island Truck Tolling
A Rhode Island toll gantry. (WJAR10.com ) Government, Safety 
Trucks and cars sit in congestion on a road in Elwood, Ill., en route to the CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Joliet. (Safe Roads Illinois)
P3 Project Gets Underway to Ease Freight Movement in Chicago Area
Trucks and cars sit in congestion on a road in Elwood, Ill., en route to the CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Joliet. (Safe Roads Illinois)Illinois officials recently announced construction has started on the Houbolt Road Extension project, an effort to improve traffic flow and freight movement near Joliet.
July 27, 2021 Government, Business 
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Alabama Leaders Pitch Trucks-Only Toll Bridge
Bayway by pelicankate/Getty ImagesLeaders in the Mobile, Ala., area have proposed plans for a new toll bridge project that will be exclusive to large trucks.
March 24, 2021 Government, Business 
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ATA Files for Preliminary Injunction in Rhode Island Truck-Tolls Suit
Getty ImagesAmerican Trucking Associations has filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island for a preliminary injunction in the ongoing lawsuit against the state’s trucks-only tolling program.
March 13, 2020 Government, Business 
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Texas No Longer a Trailblazer for P3 Tolling
LM Otero/APMore than two years after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared a moratorium on toll roads, a new report by a global research firm said the public-private tolling sector continues to decline in the state that was once a trailblazer for toll road P3 projects.
February 10, 2020 Government, Business 
A truck passes under one of the tolling gantries in Rhode Island. (WJAR.com)
Rhode Island Truck Tolls Exceed Revenue Projections in First Year
A truck passes under one of the tolling gantries in Rhode Island. (WJAR.com)Rhode Island’s truck tolling program brought in $7.2 million in its first year, slightly exceeding revenue expectations.
July 15, 2019 Government, Business, Logistics 
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NYC Congestion Pricing Triggers Hustle for Discounts, Exemptions
John Taggart/Bloomberg NewsCommercial truckers want out of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. So do advocates for the disabled, taxi drivers and swaths of the suburbs.
April 2, 2019 Government, Business 
Gov. Gina Raimondo celebrates her re-election Nov. 6 in Providence, R.I. (Steven Senne/AP)
RhodeWorks Creator Gina Raimondo Re-elected Governor
Gov. Gina Raimondo celebrates her re-election Nov. 6 in Providence, R.I. (Steven Senne/AP)Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, architect of the controversial RhodeWorks program that includes trucks-only tolls, clinched a second term.
November 8, 2018 Government, Business, Technology 
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States Will Lead in Infrastructure Funding Innovations, IBTTA Panelists Say
Getty ImagesBALTIMORE — Infrastructure funding programs across several states eventually will serve as models for federal transportation agencies, experts at a conference hosted by a tolling advocacy group indicated Oct. 15.
October 18, 2018 Business
Truckers: Toll Plan Will Put Them Out of Business or Drive Them Out of R.I.
A host of people connected to the trucking industry testified Feb. 4 that Rhode Island's truck-tolling plan is an existential threat to their businesses or a factor that could drive them from the state to more hospitable climates.
February 5, 2016