Government Affairs & Advocacy
IBTTA is The Advocate for the Toll Industry.
IBTTA’s government affairs and advocacy efforts are focused on educating public officials and elected representatives. Our objective is to create a political environment that fosters the growth and widespread adoption of tolling as a viable means to fund and finance surface transportation. Working closely with our members and with like-minded partner organizations, IBTTA develops policies and position papers, meets with legislators, delivers Congressional testimony, builds advocacy coalitions and supports state and local efforts to build broader support for user financing. Outside of the United States, IBTTA and l’Association Européenne des Concessionaires d’Autoroutes et d’ouvrages à Péage (ASECAP) adopted a Joint Tolling Declaration that recognizes tolling as the best tool to finance, build, maintain and improve safe, smart, reliable highway infrastructure for the benefit of road users and other citizens.
There are no free roads™
IBTTA Staff Contacts:
- Mark Muriello, Director of Policy & Government Affairs
- Bill Cramer, Communications Director
Key Issues, Policies and Positions
2021
- Statement for the Record - Long-term Solvency of the Highway Trust Fund before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (4/14/21)
- Letter to the Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, USDOT
2020
- IBTTA Emergency Relief Letter to Congress (December 2020)
- Letter to Secretary Chao on TIFIA (4/15/20)
- Letter to Congress on COVID-19 Phase-4 (4/7/20)
Highway reauthorization
- House T&I 2020 INVEST in America Act, Press Release (June 2020)
- House T&I INVEST in America Act (full text) (June 2020)
- INVEST in America Act Short Summary (June 2020)
- INVEST in America Act (longer version) (June 2020)
- Quick digest of Sen EPW (July 2019)
2018 Trump Infrastructure Principles
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White House Briefing, Sec. Elaine Chao (2/13/18)
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Grow America Act, 2015, Sect 1405 Toll Roads, Bridges, Tunnels and Ferries
- 2017 IBTTA Legislative Priorities
- Connected Vehicles
- MAP-21
- Managed Lanes
- Road Usage Charging (RUC)
- Nationwide Interoperability
- 2017 Legislative History of Federal Tolling Policies
Testimony and Related Material
- Statement for the Record, Paving the Way for Funding and Financing Infrastructure Investments before the House Committee on Ways and Means (01/20/20)
- Testimony of Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Transportation and Second Vice President, IBTTA, before the House Ways and Means Committee, Paving the Way for Funding and Financing Infrastructure Investments (01/29/20)
- Testimony of Patrick Jones, Executive Director & CEO, IBTTA, Before the State of Maine Blue Ribbon Commission to Study and Recommend Solutions for the State’s Transportation Systems (10/01/19)
- Statement for the Record regarding Pricing and Technology Strategies To Address Congestion On And Financing Of America’s Roads Before The House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee Subcommittee On Highways And Transit (9/11/19)
- Testimony of Patrick Jones, Executive Director & CEO, IBTTA, Before the Transportation Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly (3/06/19)
- Infrastructure Working Group, National Association of Manufacturers (2/22/18)
- Pat Jones, IBTTA Before the Committee for a Study of the Future Interstate Highway System, Transportation Research Board (12/20/16)
- Connecticut Governor's Transportation Finance Panel (7-29-2015) (View Video; Prepared Remarks)
- Stakeholder Reauthorization Letter (7-20-2015)
- Associations letter to Senate EPW on Tolling Provisions (6-24-2015)
- Gifford Testimony before the House Committee on Small Business (posted 6/10/15)
- IBTTA Testimony to Transportation Committee of Connecticut General Assembly (February 2015)
- Testimony Submitted for the Record Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (2014)
- Testimony Submitted for the Record Committee On Environment and Public Works United States Senate (2014)
- Preliminary Report of the IBTTA Interoperability Committee (2011)
- AASHTO Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (2011)
- Ex Parte Submission on FCC Docket - Level 3 Communications (2011)
- Testimony to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (2011)
- Comments on SEC File Number S7-45-10 (2011)
- Comments to Infrastructure Financing Commission (2008)
- Comments to Obama Transition Team (2008)
- Testimony to Policy-Revenue Study Commission (2007)
Testimony and Related Forums
IBTTA Executive Director & CEO Pat Jones
Transportation Committee February 25th Public Hearing
Interstate Tolling Debate, (ATA & IBTTA)
Presented by The Eno Center for Transportation
2011 IBTTA President Frank McCartney
Testifies Before the Highways and Transit Subcommittee
