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Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Executive Director, Florida's Turnpike EnterpriseMatthew Click, HNTB Corporation, Consultant to State Departments of TransportationPatrick D. Jones, Executive Director & CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five years of high unemployment and a sluggish economy have cut deeply into state and local tax revenues, seriously compromising localities' ability to maintain and expand...

With Traditional Funding for Highways in Decline, "Priced Managed Lanes" Are Scaling Up Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Executive Director, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Matthew Click, HNTB Corporation, Consultant to State Departments of Transportation Patrick D. Jones, Executive Director & CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five years of high unemployment and a sluggish economy have cut deeply into state...

- NATSO and ATA lead successful campaign in opposition to tolling - RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations and NATSO, representing America's travel plazas and truckstops, praised the Virginia General Assembly for taking a stand against tolling of existing interstates. The transportation legislation that passed today by the Virginia General Assembly puts an end to the Virginia Department of Transportation's plan to toll...

SEATTLE, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While supporters and critics of the proposed Columbia River Crossing transit project continue to debate how residents will pay for travel between Portland and Vancouver, a recent poll from Northwest-based PEMCO Insurance reveals that one in three drivers in that area aren't planning to change their route or mode of transportation despite potential tolls that will help partially finance the project. According to the poll, as many as 33 percent of...

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations today joined with dozens of other organizations and municipalities in urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to reject an application by the Commonwealth of Virginia to toll one of America's most critical freight corridors. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) Virginia's application to toll I-95 will be bad, not just for trucking companies in the state of...

NEW YORK, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 23, 2012, the law firm of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz filed Notices of Claim with the City of New York and Notices of Intention to File Claim with the State of New York with regard to the April 29, 2012 accident on the southbound Bronx River Parkway at East 180(th) Street between exits 5 and 6 in the Bronx which resulted in the deaths of seven people. The accident occurred when the SUV driven by Maria...

LONDON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The first of the Olympic Lanes has opened this week in London with many more set to follow. MotorQuoteDirect has taken a look at the impact so far as the Olympic Lanes on the M4 are the first to come into operation. This first Games Lane comes into affect where the M4 bus lane used to operate, between junctions 3 and 2. The lane was opened before any others in order to deal with an expected rush of Olympic arrivals over coming days;...

BUNDALL, Australia, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Road Technology is paving the way for safer roads throughout Australia, and internationally, with current projects stretching from North Queensland to Western Australia. The internationally operating operational company has a wealth of expertise in the creation and maintenance of better urban, rural and industrial roads. GRT technology solves road stabilisation and dust control problems, and other operating challenges, with the...

Technicians from Madrid City Council and a team of Pole and Spanish researchers have analyzed the density and intensity of traffic on Madrid's M30 motorway (Spain) throughout the day. By applying mathematical algorithms, they have verified that drivers should pay more attention to the road between 6pm and 8pm to avoid accidents. Detection devices installed by the Department of Traffic Technologies of Madrid City Council on the M30 motorway and its access roads were used to conduct a...

Editorial: Proposals to increase the motorway speed limit by 10 mph Government plans to increase the motorway speed limit in England and Wales will have adverse effects on health, outweighing any economic benefits, claims an editorial published on bmj.com today. The authors, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, criticize government proposals to raise the speed limit on all motorways in England and Wales from 70mph to 80mph by the year 2013. The government argues...