Tolls
01
Nov
2022
Oregonians Will Broadly Oppose ODOT's Tolling Scheme
Years later thousands have awakened to ODOT's intention: charging tolls on existing highways, and placing the money in a slush fund for whatever the department wishes. The tolls would increase during heavy traffic times, forcing weary drivers onto local roads.
19
Oct
2022
Do Peeling License Plates Challenge Thruway Cameras When Reading or Billing?
Despite New York's effort to get motorists into new license plates -- there are still quite a few rolling around the state. That's prompted some to wonder "Does that have an impact on the Thruway's toll readers?"
21
Sep
2022
Rhode Island Truck-Only Tolls Finally Defeated in Court
Rhode Island's toll scheme directed at certain types of tractor-trailers was ruled unconstitutional by a federal court on Wednesday in a sound defeat for the state's attempt to make the trucking industry pay for the repair of its roads and bridges.
08
Sep
2022
Florida's Secretive Toll Surveillance Program: Five Things to Know
That technology also powers a surveillance system, alternately called an enforcement list, black list or Law Enforcement Notification System. Police agencies can request the addition of specific plate numbers or transponder signatures to a list, which sends real-time notifications when those vehicles are detected passing through.
08
Sep
2022
13
Aug
2022
Gov. Hochul and the Manhattan-Toll-Pushing Crowd Couldn’t Care Less About Outer-Borough Workers
Instead, Gov. Kathy Hochul & Co. see this as an untapped cash cow at best, a conveyor of evil cars at worst. It is this perspective of the Brooklyn Bridge and other crossings that link the outer boroughs to the central business district that now manifests in congestion pricing, the most punishing tax on workaday New Yorkers in generations.
11
Aug
2022
03
Aug
2022