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Mike Pellegrino, ShimmickDecember 1, 2021
When I think about the future of tolling, I think about my family, my kids specifically. That’s all any of us need to do really. I have four adult kids who love to get together at mom and dad’s house whenever possible. It’s funny how they can’t wait...
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Jacob Barron, IBTTANovember 29, 2021
Every country’s transportation system is as distinct as the country itself, but not when it comes to safety. In the pursuit of Vision Zero—an international term referring to the goal of bringing traffic fatalities down to zero—each country’s...
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Mark Muriello, IBTTAOctober 29, 2021
In the recent weeks and days, there has been lots of action and spin from both houses of Congress and the White House on President Biden’s Build Back Better proposals. It seems that an accounting of topline spending, what’s in and what’s out, how...
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Jacob Barron, IBTTAOctober 27, 2021
When a driver manages to go through a toll facility without a valid payment method for the toll, the toll operator snaps into action (typically by snapping a license plate photo) and begins the process of collecting the correct amount owed by a...
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Jacob Barron, IBTTAOctober 26, 2021
Today, it’s nearly impossible to do anything without leaving behind a digital footprint. Even tasks or actions that have always been thought of as comparatively analog now involve the creation of some piece of digital data.
Driving a car used to...
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Mike Pellegrino, ShimmickSeptember 21, 2021
The tolling industry, along with its customers, has experienced tremendous growth and change in the last several years. Following are examples of some of the more significant changes:
Younger Generation: with their social media and digital...
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Pat Jones, IBTTASeptember 11, 2021
On the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we remember all whose lives were lost or irretrievably changed by the events of that day.
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, during IBTTA’s Annual Meeting in Berlin,...
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Steve Haddix, ETC, LLCSeptember 9, 2021
Software as a Service is the logical evolution of the Tolling Back Office
Toll roads may have been serving travelers since the Susa-Babylon highway in 7th century BC, but it was not until the 21st century that drivers escaped needing cash-in-hand...
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Jacob Barron, IBTTAAugust 20, 2021
E Pluribus Unum isn’t just the motto included on the U.S. national seal. It’s also a good way to describe how Congress is putting together a final infrastructure bill: out of many proposals, one that looks pretty good from the tolling industry’s...
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Pat Jones, IBTTAAugust 3, 2021
It’s fascinating to look at your own industry through the eyes of an outsider. You know the experience. You’re attending a backyard barbecue and an unfamiliar neighbor approaches you and says, “Hi, I’m Sarah. What’s your name and what do YOU do?”...
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