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Tropical Island Gets Its First Expressway

Sri Lanka, an island nation of 20 million people, has just completed its first express highway, which, as Toll Roads News is quick to point out, is financed through a toll system.

November 29, 2011 - TOLLROADSnews

Tolls Could Be Key to Rebuilding Highway System

With the cost of maintaining highways growing exponentially, Peter Samuel of TollRoadsNews comments on the real possibilities for using tolls to fund highway projects.

June 29, 2011 - TOLLROADSnews

When is a Freeway Not a Freeway?

When there is a toll, of course. But the Federal Highway Administration uses the word indiscriminately, confusing the matter, writes Peter Samuel of Toll Roads News.

March 28, 2011 - TOLLROADSnews

PBSJ In Agreement to Be Aquired By London Company

Major engineering firm PBSJ is in talks with Atkins to be acquired by the London-based firm. PBSJ, which is employee-owned, reportedly sought out the sale to bring in more capital for expansion.

August 11, 2010 - TOLLROADSnews

Lessons From NYC: Congestion Pricing

In April 2008, the NYS Assembly rejected NYC Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal for Manhattan. A subsequent attempt to toll the free East & Harlem River bridges also failed. Bruce Schaller (NYC-DOT), involved in both efforts explains why

May 3, 2010 - TOLLROADSnews

Canada Loans Michigan $550m For Bridge

With no US government or private funding available, the Canadian government has announced it will pony up the remaining funds for a new toll bridge connecting their country with Detroit, which they see as a jobs creator.

May 3, 2010 - TOLLROADSnews

Texas Toll Roads Go Cash Free

North Texas Tollway (NTTA) has announced their intention to go all electronic for their toll roads by the end of the year, and Florida will soon follow.

April 5, 2010 - TOLLROADSnews

Paying Toll at a Tollbooth? There's An App For That

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) is about to test run a system where drivers can pay their toll using only their iPhone, Blackberry, or MS Windows Mobile-enabled phone.

February 4, 2010 - TOLLROADSnews

Will Carpools Be Tolled in San Francisco?

The Bay Area Toll Authority is recommending carpools on the Bay Bridge be tolled, along with several other changes like different rates for off-peak hours and a steep increase on truck tolls.

December 16, 2009 - TOLLROADSnews

Toll Road Fiasco in Ohio

Last week, the Ohio Turnpike debuted its E-Z Pass toll system -- with disastrous results, says TollRoadsNews.

October 5, 2009 - TOLLROADSnews

Car is #1 Necessity, Say Americans

A new study from the Pew Research Center says that even though Americans are driving less, they still see a car as the most necessary item they own. Air conditioning and TV are a good 10% less necessary.

May 11, 2009 - TOLLROADSnews

The I.O.U. Tollbooth

The Northwest Parkway in Denver has very little traffic in the wee hours, so officials decided to experiment with I.O.U. forms left at the booth.

April 9, 2009 - TOLLROADSnews

Big Dig: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

TollRoads News reviews the "terminally inept Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff joint venture at the Massachusetts Turnpike's Big Dig project", and examines how the project is improving mobility -- estimated to be worth $168 million per year.

January 3, 2008 - TOLLROADSnews

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