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President Biden’s American Jobs Plan Needs a Full Toolbox of Funding Options
Bill CramerApril 6, 2021
Nearly a week after U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Pittsburgh, PA to unveil his American Jobs Plan, one conclusion is crystal clear—love it or hate it, this is an infrastructure program like none other in a generation or more. One of its... Read More
New York State Thruway Authority Statewide All-Electronic Tolling Conversion
Guest blog: Chris Body, Kapsch TrafficComMarch 30, 2021
In 2019, New York State prioritized going “cashless” for the New York State Thruway and other major highway systems in the state in an effort to reduce pollution and congestion and mandated that the AET conversion must be done by the end of 2020.... Read More
House Guidelines Issued for Transportation Project Earmarks
Mark MurielloMarch 25, 2021
  Goverment Affairs Update   Leadership from the US House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee and Highways and Transit Subcommittee issued guidance on March 22, 2021 on how projects can be considered as Member Designated... Read More
Pandemic Drives 2020 Traffic Volumes Down 13.2%
Bill Cramer, IBTTAMarch 23, 2021
Traffic counts in the United States fell 13.2 percent last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought total vehicle miles travelled (VMT) down to a 20-year low and ended a six-year streak of rising annual volumes. The year-end estimate released in... Read More
$2.6 Trillion Infrastructure Gap Shows Need to Build Back Better
Bill CramerMarch 16, 2021
With the United States facing a massive $2.6 trillion infrastructure funding gap, tolling and other forms of road usage charging will have to be at the center of the country’s plan to Build Back Better, IBTTA said earlier this month, in its response... Read More
Micro Cabling Infrastructure Delivers Significant ROI
Mark Turner with HexatronicMarch 9, 2021
As the world opens up to the Post-COVID era, the transportation industry will focus on communications’ interoperability for all modes of travel – air, roads, sea and rail.  Transportation communications interoperability has many facets. One example... Read More
The Return of Federal Earmarks?
Mark Muriello, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, IBTTAMarch 5, 2021
Yesterday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee’s Chairman, Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced an invitation for House members to submit highway and transit project designations (a.k.a., earmarks) to T&I for consideration... Read More
For Tolling, Giving Back to Communities is All About Connection
Bill CramerMarch 2, 2021
Photo credit: Halifax Harbour Bridges Creating connections that give back to communities has always been at the heart of tolling agencies’ locally driven mandate, resulting in a legacy of caring and giving back that was one of the most inspiring... Read More
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces FY 2021 Round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program
February 25, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced last week that it is seeking applicants for the $889 million in discretionary grants that will be available through the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program for Fiscal Year... Read More
Graphing Holiday Traffic During COVID-19
Guest blog by Jim Lawruk, GeoDecisionsFebruary 23, 2021
Previously, I wrote and graphed about Pennsylvania traffic patterns during COVID-19. This past November, rising rates of COVID-19 prompted government leaders in Pennsylvania to issue strict guidelines for travel during the holidays. Motorists were... Read More

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