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2013-01-04 Snow and ice policy changes generate angst at one Penn Pike shed

2013-01-03 High and low points of US tolling news in 2012: A QUICK ONCE OVER

2013-01-01 New Year's greetings

2012-12-29 Raleigh NC Triangle Expressway open over its full length, tolls begin Jan 2 2013

2012-12-28 Indiana closes on Louisville's new East End Crossing over Ohio River IN-KY

2012-12-27 Baltimore airport head says ICC pike opens up big new market

2012-12-27 North Carolina and E-ZPass interoperable from January 3, 2013

2012-12-23 Walter Mossberg: where's your column on handling miscorrections? MUSINGS

2012-12-23 A tolls proposal right here in Frederick MD on 'my' 15 - a Xmas present!

2012-12-21 Abertis closes on buy of three pikes in Chile from OHL

2012-12-21 New Nice Bridge MD-VA moves forward

2012-12-20 New toll bridge in Vancouver closed Wednesday afternoon as dangerous ice chunks fall on cars

2012-12-19 Florida and North Carolina announce interoperability to begin mid-2013, Georgia to join too REVISED

2012-12-19 Ohio Turnpike (and Infrastructure) Commission votes to borrow $1.5b, celebrates no-P3, toll cap pledges, but debt costs to rise

2012-12-18 North-South Corridor through Manassas a potential new 45 mile tollroad in northern Virginia

2012-12-17 PennDOT administrator Mark Compton new CEO of Penn Pike PERSONNEL

2012-12-17 On how Keynesianism and 'practical politics' is leading us to the debt bubble of all bubbles… WEEKEND READING

2012-12-17 Archer Western, Granite, Lane chosen for $1.1b rebuild and toll lanes in TX/I-35E north of Dallas

2012-12-15 Thousand Islands' Howard Kelly retiring PERSONNEL

2012-12-14 Figg VOSHed: VA safety agency hits bridge with fines for sloppy truss work before S Norfolk span crash

2012-12-14 Ohio Gov Kasich chooses borrowing $1.5b on the Turnpike over getting $3.3b - $4b from lease/concession for state treasury

2012-12-13 Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver BC open and tolling with three protocols

2012-12-12 Oldtown Historic Toll Bridge MD-WV looking to get state OK to triple tolls 50c to $1.50 after 35 years

2012-12-11 Possible $750m repairs to New York MTAB&T tunnels after Sandy damage

2012-12-11 All-electronic tolling news in Boston

2012-12-11 Penn Pike opening third new cashless interchange - IC320 SR29 Malvern

2012-12-10 Fluor's 'Honda logo' design recommended for Thruway's new Tappan Zee Bridge at Tarrytown NY+ design crit

2012-12-10 Washington Post reports MWAA veteran saying "nothing wrong" with getting relatives jobs

2012-12-08 Maryland's ICC MD200 at 1st anniversary - a tad low vs forecast but growing monthly, tolls about right, speed to rise

2012-12-07 Jordan Bridge worker says operator error caused truss move - "job unsafe, poorly managed" ADDITION

2012-12-06 495 Express Lanes on Capital Beltway get pavement markings EZ PASS ONLY (photo)

2012-12-05 PANYNJ Media Relations: 'contact us' leads to…postal address

2012-12-05 NY watchdog group says PANYNJ seriously overpays its cops

2012-12-04 Virginia DOT study of Potomac River crossings, Maryland not interested for now

2012-12-03 Lame-brained lefty at Washington Post gripes about Capital Beltway 495 Express Lanes offending his "principles" CRITICISM

2012-12-01 Manor Expressway US290E - Austin TX opening first portion of a new pike late tonight

2012-12-01 Telvent is no more - now it's Schneider Electric

2012-11-30 TRMI loses Jose Correa PERSONNEL

2012-11-30 Floodgate at Midtown Tunnel Norfolk VA kept Sandy closure to less than half a day

2012-11-28 Osama bin Laden could have the last laugh thanks to New York politicians and PANYNJ

2012-11-28 FOR SALE: TOLLROADSnews

2012-11-28 Matt McGregor gone from TxDOT to CDMSmith PERSONNEL

2012-11-28 Jon Ramirez joins Cubic PERSONNEL

2012-11-27 Fleming-Poole study from Reason says all-electronic tolling costs competitive with fuel taxes, should be "embraced now" as primary highway funding mode

2012-11-27 Half CA/I-110 Express Lane users are solo driver buy-ins, tolls average 54c/mile

2012-11-26 Costs of VA495 and CA110 Express Lanes

2012-11-26 Roads & Bridges mag continues cover-up of June 21 truss collapse at Figg's Jordan Bridge VA

2012-11-25 Thanksgiving trip Frederick MD to Princeton NJ sees Penn Pike cash lanes most congested

2012-11-22 Brooklyn Battery Tunnel manager says recovery from Sandy was "amazing, just everyone stepped up"

2012-11-20 Traffic engineer says southern entry signing to 495 Lanes on VA Capital Beltway a mistake

2012-11-20 Chesapeake VA closes on $303m borrowing for Dominion Boulevard toll upgrade

2012-11-20 After swerve incidents VA/495 Express Lanes make modifications to southern entry to give drivers more time to choose

2012-11-19 Brooklyn Battery Tunnel flooded by Sandy fully opened again after 22 days

2012-11-19 TransCore patents seen as obstacle national interoperability - toll industry leaders asking for clarification

2012-11-19 Four vets die in tragic, stoopid crash at rail crossing in Midland TX - A HARDHEARTED SUNDAY THOUGHT

2012-11-17 Walsh-VINCI-Bilfinger Berger selected for Ohio River East End Crossing at 23% off & early

2012-11-17 3M moving Sirit and other FSTech manufacturing, R&D to Austin TX and St Paul MN

2012-11-16 NTTA says no P3s on TX360, Trinity Parkway projects

2012-11-16 Bay Area toll express lanes network gets into development with Atkins-led group, chief John Doan

2012-11-15 Dulles Toll Road toll hikes confirmed 22% Jan 1 2013, 27% 2014 for train subsidy, 2015 deferred while non-toll $s hunted

2012-11-14 RFP: Illinois Tollway - CSC and VPS

2012-11-14 Penn Pike's debt-to-fund-handouts model continues to be issue in state legislature - 3 years of insolvency

2012-11-13 BrisConnections ceases trading Oz stock exchange - debt of AirportLinkM7 exceeds value

2012-11-12 Truck inspection station bypass moving to 5.9GHz - adding to toll IOP list?

2012-11-10 Detroit Windsor Tunnel begins phase-out of tokens, prox card replacement

2012-11-09 OOCEA refinancing

2012-11-09 TCA hires executive search firm to look for new CEO PERSONNEL

2012-11-09 Road funding reformed - dedicate fuel taxes to deficit reduction COMMENTARY

2012-11-08 Supporters of new international toll bridge in Detroit win big in election day ballot Proposal 6 - 60/40 vote

2012-11-06 Illinois Tollway simplifies contesting common 'violations'

2012-11-06 Kansas Turnpike to increase tolls about 6% after 3 years

2012-11-06 Los Angeles to open I-110 METRO EXPRESSLANES Saturday Nov 10, dynamic pricing tested Monday

2012-11-05 TOLLROADSnews modeling of the election…

2012-11-03 Metro Washington Airports engaged in rampant nepotism, crony contracting, sloppy management - USDOT auditor finds

2012-11-02 Michigan's Proposal 6 - Yes vote a no-brainer COMMENT

2012-11-01 VA/495 Express Lanes to open November 17

2012-10-31 Storm Sandy aftermath most severe in NYC/nNJ, all rail out but most toll facilities reopened

2012-10-30 Illinois officials have sign-off ceremony for near last step to launch Elgin O'Hare western access

2012-10-30 Maine Turnpike discounts phased in as a $600k concession to frequent users in compromise for Nov 1 hikes

2012-10-29 Day 2 of Sandy sees many major bridges and tunnels, much of NJ Turnpike GS Parkway closed

2012-10-29 Hurricane heads hard west inland - Delaware, south Jersey, MD, PA, upstate NY UPDATE

2012-10-29 RFQ: FBGPTRA Violation Processing Operator

2012-10-29 Mass transit work is crippling, $s flow via connections, clout - your US tax$s at work

2012-10-29 Hurricane Sandy approach sees road bridges and tunnels kept open for now, rail transit totally shut down

2012-10-27 Florida's Turnpike doing variable toll managed lanes plus fixed toll lanes on Veterans Tampa, HEFT in Miami

2012-10-26 Metro Washington authority subject of FBI probe as well as USDOT inquiry

2012-10-26 Lots of smaller toll projects in Texas

2012-10-25 Kapsch declares E-ZPass IAG protocols open standard, and discusses sticker tags

2012-10-21 NO NEW POSTINGS FOR A FEW DAYS

2012-10-21 Three new investor toll startups - TX130/5&6 Oct 24, Jordan Bridge VA Oct 29, VA495XL late-Nov

2012-10-21 Ambassador Bridge lawyers provoke Canads to enact special shield law for Detroit DRIC

2012-10-21 Sirit president John Freund joining Kapsch - will the Austria-based company compete in sticker tags?

2012-10-20 Tobin Bridge opens new toll plaza arrangement with E-ZPASS ONLY lanes

2012-10-20 3M/Sirit big John Freund reported out PERSONNEL (follow-up addition)

2012-10-19 Virginia resurrects 63-20 not-for-profit to take risk on US460, Ferrovial to do design/build

2012-10-18 MTAB&T's Henry Hudson Bridge set to go cashless late Saturday night Nov 11

2012-10-17 Kentucky & Indiana finalize details of agreement on responsibility split for Ohio River bridges

2012-10-16 Alliance for Toll Interoperability has new executive PERSONNEL

2012-10-16 NTTA opens southern extension of PGBT from I-30 to I-20

2012-10-15 South Africa's auditor-general says tolls needed