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, 2021Truck toll
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)
Government, Business
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Alabama Leaders Pitch Trucks-Only Toll Bridge
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Leaders 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
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American 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
LM Otero/AP
Texas No Longer a Trailblazer for P3 Tolling
LM Otero/AP
More 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 News
Commercial 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
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BALTIMORE — 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
Business
RIDOT
Truck Toll Excluded from Rhode Island's Budget, For Now
RIDOT
The Rhode Island General Assembly might postpone consideration of the governor’s controversial "RhodeWorks" road and bridge plan, which includes truck tolls on bridges, until later this year, the press secretary for state Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed said June 10.
June 10, 2015