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Bill CramerMay 30, 2017
The tolling provisions in the White House’s Fact Sheet, 2018 Budget: Infrastructure Initiative released this week, and the immediate reaction that followed, point to the need for a new conversation between toll operators and the businesses and...
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Bill CramerMay 26, 2017
Before you head out on the open road for the Memorial Day weekend, as some 34 million people are expected to do, there’s a new, essential item to add to your highway safety checklist.
You’ll want to check your tires, fill up the gas tank and pack...
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Bill CramerMay 23, 2017
The importance of public-private partnerships was front and center last week when Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chair James Inhofe (R-OK) marked Infrastructure Week with an op ed in The Hill.
“Even as state and local partners...
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Bill CramerMay 18, 2017
Three IBTTA members took their seats at the table at the Dirksen Office Building on Tuesday, when a subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on innovative solutions to leverage federal infrastructure funding....
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Bill CramerMay 16, 2017
When the U.S. transportation community celebrates Infrastructure Week each year, it’s a great opportunity to shine a light on the big-picture funding and program policies that will keep America moving forward.
But it’s also the right moment to...
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Bill CramerMay 11, 2017
Cynthia Essenmacher arrived four months ago as Tolling Program Manager at the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Center for Innovative Finance Support, after more than a decade working at FHWA and, before that, the Maryland Transportation...
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Bill CramerMay 9, 2017
With federal and state funding capacity falling short, at least one major player on the U.S. infrastructure finance scene is pointing to toll roads as a way to pay for much of the surface transportation the country needs.
Moody’s Investors Service,...
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Bill CramerMay 4, 2017
Any salesperson knows they’ve made a significant advance with a prospective customer when the conversation shifts from “if” to “how”.
It’s the moment when the prospect stops thinking about whether they’re going to buy and starts working out when to...
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Maintenance and Roadway Operations Workshop Highlights New Asset Management Techniques, Technologies
Bill CramerMay 3, 2017
Bill CramerApril 27, 2017
IBTTA members have known for a very long time that the more familiar people are with modern tolling systems, the more likely they are to like them.
Now, in a suburb of Greater Vancouver, at least one mayor is adding his voice to a debate that has...
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