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Bill CramerApril 12, 2018
Two cities on the United States’ east and west coasts, both with epic local traffic problems, are considering congestion pricing as a way to get people and goods moving again.
In Seattle, Mayor Jenny Durkan is looking at a downtown pricing cordon...
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Bill CramerApril 10, 2018
Anyone who’s followed the public trajectory of hot, new technologies could probably have seen it coming: After several years of rapid development, wall-to-wall news coverage, and hyped-up excitement, autonomous vehicles are crashing back to Earth....
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Bill CramerApril 5, 2018
IBTTA members can’t seem to stop setting performance records.
Toward the end of February, it was the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) in Orange County, California, recording the highest number of trips in its 30-year history, the Orange...
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Bill CramerApril 3, 2018
In any education or advocacy campaign, you know your facts are beginning to resonate and your arguments are gaining traction when powerful validators start to pick them up and make them their own.
After many years of building the evidence base,...
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Bill CramerMarch 29, 2018
Minnesota is one of several states that have recently taken initial, preliminary steps to consider tolling as a source of revenue. The story so far is a great example of where more jurisdictions will find themselves—and how the IBTTA community can...
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Bill CramerMarch 27, 2018
An article in the latest edition of Governing magazine captures the state of play on congestion pricing, showing that a system now in use along 40 roadways in 15 metropolitan areas is ready for prime time.
While the high-end toll paid by 0.08% of...
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Bill CramerMarch 22, 2018
A multi-year plan to replace change machines and cash tolls with all-electronic tolling is taking firmer shape in Delaware. It starts with a pilot project already under construction along Route 301, which runs 15 miles north from the state’s border...
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Bill CramerMarch 20, 2018
Last week was another eventful moment for infrastructure on Capitol Hill. But only partly because of activity that originated inside the Washington Beltway.
Five Cabinet secretaries, including Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, went before the...
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Bill CramerMarch 15, 2018
Get set for two provocative, out-of-the-box keynote speakers when you attend IBTTA’s AET, Managed Lanes & Technology Summit, April 22-24, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Our members don’t attend our summits or conferences...
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Bill CramerMarch 13, 2018
An integrated, long-term fix for the ailing Highway Trust Fund (HTF) was the focus of a hearing last week before the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. While the five witnesses all brought different prescriptions for stabilizing the funding...
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