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The Biden Administration Transition Begins with Infrastructure as One Early Priority
Bill CramerNovember 10, 2020
As votes are still being counted, the transition from one administration to another has begun after a long and bruising U.S. election campaign. With President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris declared the winners, the tolling... Read More
Finally, Election Day in America
Bill CramerNovember 3, 2020
Finally, Election Day in America With all eyes focused on today’s high-stakes contest for the United States Presidency and Senate, the tolling community is waiting to see what the results portend for the next four years of national transportation... Read More
You Told Us: Tolling Executives Explain Why They’re Renewing Their IBTTA Memberships
Bill CramerOctober 27, 2020
Every association knows that the best member service program is only as good as the way it meets members’ need for information, advocacy, business development, and professional connections. So with IBTTA launching its 2021 Membership Renewal... Read More
Texas Businesses Mount Campaign for More Toll Roads
Bill CramerOctober 20, 2020
It’s hard to imagine a more powerful testimonial for a product or service than when the customers who pay the bills line up and ask you to produce more of it. If those customers are willing to pay more for what you’re offering, it’s either because... Read More
Bounce Back Better: Illinois Tollway Never Put the Brakes On
Bill CramerOctober 13, 2020
José Alvarez is the Executive Director of the Illinois Tollway. In this interview, part of IBTTA’s Bounce Back Better series, he talks about the activities and technologies used to keep the capital program “Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway... Read More
Tolling Agencies Bounce Back as Traffic Volumes Begin to Return
Bill CramerOctober 6, 2020
In the midst of this global pandemic, with day-to-day uncertainty, new cases of COVID-19 on the rise in many jurisdictions, President Trump hospitalized, a vaccine still in the making, no one realistically expects the economy to build back quickly.... Read More
Planners Cite Severe Weather as the Next Source of Highway Disruption
Bill CramerSeptember 29, 2020
As traffic volumes begin to recover in some areas, a recent news item points to climate change and severe weather as the next source of disruption and uncertainty for America’s surface transportation system. Although the words “toll”, “user”, and “... Read More
IBTTA Task Force ‘Takes Words to Action’
Bill CramerSeptember 22, 2020
It’s been less than three months since IBTTA President Samuel Johnson announced the formation of the Task Force on Diversity, Social, and Racial Inclusion. During the association’s Virtual 88th Annual Meeting and Exhibition last week, participants... Read More
Bounce Back Better: Early Furloughs Help Kansas Turnpike Deliver Faster Recovery
Bill CramerSeptember 15, 2020
While we are in the midst of our Virtual 88th Annual Meeting, I spoke with Steve Hewitt, Executive Director of the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA), as part of IBTTA’s Bounce Back Better Series. Steve talks about the tough decisions his agency had to... Read More
Johnson: Virtual Annual Meeting Enables More Members to Step Up
Bill CramerSeptember 8, 2020
IBTTA President Samuel Johnson is Interim CEO of the Transportation Corridor Agencies in Orange, County California. In this interview with Tolling Points, he talks about the challenges of an unprecedented year and how they make IBTTA’s Virtual 88th... Read More

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