Tolling Points
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Bill CramerNovember 9, 2013
In his November 9 column, Washington Post reporter Robert Thomson came up with the ultimate winning narrative for congestion management projects like Virginia’s 495 Express Lanes.
Thomson, a.k.a. Dr. Gridlock, produced a first-year review of the 495...
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Bill CramerNovember 2, 2013
I’d like to share with you this recent article by New York Times writer, Thomas Freidman. He writes about how America is perceived abroad and America’s future. Mr. Freidman raises many good points. One, I have highlighted in bold, as he points out...
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Bill CramerOctober 17, 2013
Citing history dating back to 1772 and court cases ever since, lawyers for the Virginia Department of Transportation delivered a blistering rebuke earlier this summer to the false notion that tolls are taxes.
Along the way, VDOT put together a...
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Bill CramerOctober 11, 2013
“Tolling the interstates—all interstates, not just I-80—deserves consideration.”
With that simple quote, a newspaper in rural Pennsylvania showed what it takes to change public attitudes on tolling.
The catalyst was the mid-September release of...
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Bill CramerSeptember 30, 2013
When the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) first held public engagement meetings in 2010 on its proposal to toll key sections of Interstate 95, some of the most frequently asked questions had to do with the economic impact of tolling.
You...
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Bill CramerSeptember 24, 2013
Malika Seddi of ASFA (l’Association Professionnelle Autoroutes et Ouvrages à Péage) and Daniel Toohey of Delcan Corporation are Chief Meeting Organizers of IBTTA’s 2013 Global Technology Workshop, October 27-29 in Normandy, France. In this interview...
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Bill CramerSeptember 18, 2013
We just need one trailblazing state to lead.
That’s the simplest takeaway from Interstate 2.0, the Reason Foundation report that shows how 99% of the cost of modernizing America’s Interstate highway system could be covered by per-mile tolls,...
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Pat JonesSeptember 12, 2013
By Pat Jones, Executive Director and CEO, IBTTA
As the U.S. Congress prepares for the Transportation Reauthorization in September 2014, the Reason Foundation has released a smart, pragmatic roadmap for funding a complete overhaul of the Interstate...
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Bill CramerSeptember 9, 2013
Technology is at the heart of everything tolling agencies do—from payments and collections, to traffic management, to customer service.
That's why IBTTA’s Global Technology Workshop, taking place this year in Normandy, France, is a highlight of the...
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Bill CramerSeptember 3, 2013
When a technology company is into everything from big data to driverless cars, it can quickly become an icon for everything that is hopeful, exciting, and innovative about a more efficient, prosperous future.
When that company is Google, it’s...
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