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Tolling Points - By Bill Cramer

Highway and Interstate Operators Can Cut Costs, Save Pollinators, Florida Study Shows
Bill CramerMarch 29, 2016
Just in time for spring, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is reporting that tolling authorities and other highway agencies can reduce roadside mowing costs while preserving vital habitat for pollinators like... Read More
Tolling Has a Part in the Frank Talk About Transit
Bill CramerMarch 22, 2016
Over the last week, a couple of major cities in the United States have been having a frank conversation about the sorry state of public transit funding. The connections back to tolling range from the obvious, to the historical, to the metaphorical.... Read More
How Tolling Will Enable Driverless Cars
Bill CramerMarch 15, 2016
It’s a natural part of the product development life cycle. At some point, just as the buzz around an exciting, highly visible new innovation hits a crescendo, people begin to spot complications along the road to success. They’re complications, not... Read More
A Data-Driven Operation: IBTTA Welcomes Cindy Norcross
Bill CramerMarch 8, 2016
Effective use of data and analytics has become a cornerstone of 21st-century tolling operations, from the real-time statistics that guide dynamic pricing to predictive analytics that help agencies segment and understand their markets. Now, with 2016... Read More
When the New York Review of Books Focuses on Highway Safety and Infrastructure Funding
Bill CramerMarch 1, 2016
When the New York Review of Books begins to weigh in on the infrastructure funding crisis, in an article titled A Country Breaking Down, you know the message coming from tolling and other highway advocates is finally breaking through and reaching a... Read More
Traffic Volume Sets U.S. Record, But Can Gas Tax Revenue Keep Up?
Bill CramerFebruary 25, 2016
3.148 trillion miles. It’s like driving the distance from Earth to Pluto and back. 337 times. And it’s the total distance United States drivers logged on the nation’s roadways in 2015, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s Traffic Volume... Read More
Tolling, Congestion Charging Figure Prominently in Congressional Budget Office Report
Bill CramerFebruary 23, 2016
A report released this month by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) points to highway pricing as one of the surest ways to boost economic output in the United States, by reducing congestion on the country’s highest-value roads and... Read More
Interoperability: Knitting Together the Nation’s Toll Roads System and What It Means for U.S. Drivers
Bill CramerFebruary 18, 2016
2016 is beginning to shape up as the year of hassle-free mobility on toll roads across America. Since 2010, tolling agencies have been working hard with IBTTA to make all the country’s electronic toll collection systems interoperable by this October... Read More
Rhode Works Delivers A Big Day for Tolling
Bill CramerFebruary 16, 2016
The smallest state in the U.S. delivered a big win for highway finance last week when Governor Gina Raimondo signed Rhode Works, an initiative to toll large commercial trucks crossing 14 bridges in Rhode Island. IBTTA is happy to have played a small... Read More
Future Tolling Leaders Build Skills, Professional Networks at IBTTA Leadership Academy
Bill CramerFebruary 9, 2016
It is a special week in Washington, D.C., with 36 participants gathered for IBTTA’s 2016 Leadership Academy. Two recent Academy alumni, Lauren Hakos of the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission and Lisa Telles of the Transportation Corridor... Read More

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