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2012-03-05 Dan Castrigano's retirement sparks discussion of excesses in backpay at Ohio Turnpike

2012-03-05 Toll equity at the Beachline Expressway FL - new toll points but pricey for cash collection (CORRECTION)

2012-03-04 American Roads nears completion of $8.84m Detroit-Windsor Tunnel modernization

2012-03-03 Tawriya at Wilbur/CDM Smith - the brilliant 22 traffic and revenue forecasts

2012-03-01 Illinois Tollway seeking engineering consultant to critique its project management

2012-03-01 Penn Pike engineer pleads guilty to extorting dirty photos of 14/15 year old girls

2012-03-01 Shifts in Wilbur/CDM Smith traffic, revenue and toll rates forecasts for Dulles Toll Road charted by Reston economist

2012-03-01 The arguments about Capital Beltway HOT lanes - adding to Washington Post Dr Gridlock's words

2012-03-01 US highway grants to get temporary extension - Orski

2012-03-01 More trouble at OOCEA - biz group contributions

2012-03-01 Mac's US pikes lost traffic in 2011 but French tollroads strong

2012-02-29 23 miles Denver-Boulder toll/transit lane concession sought by Colorado DOT

2012-02-28 War weariness on the Detroit River?

2012-02-27 New York Times quotes policy wonk favorably on HOT lanes

2012-02-27 Smith consolidates offices in US capital area to Fairfax Co VA but manages to make it a mystery

2012-02-27 Jon Corzine's treasurer wanted 175 mm

2012-02-24 e470 in Denver reports strong 2011 T&R - best #s since 2007

2012-02-24 Maryland toller challenged on service plazas' concession by incumbent

2012-02-24 CDM Smith defends forecasting record and refutes Dulles Toll Road forecast critique

2012-02-23 Pennsylvania auditor-general again says Turnpike's $450m/year Fumo payouts unsustainable - "will lead to crisis like Harrisburg or Greece"

2012-02-23 abertis report strong tollroads performance in "America"

2012-02-23 Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority could get two extra bridges

2012-02-23 NC Turnpike/ATI asking vendors to demo newest toll technologies, especially IOP in April

2012-02-20 Tolls for $4.5b work on NC/I-95 proposed in two phases

2012-02-19 GOP-controlled Ohio Turnpike hiring GOPpers - outrage on the left

2012-02-18 The 17th agreement on central Florida's Wekiva Parkway in seven years, plus another aggressive timeline

2012-02-18 USDOT allocates open toll slot to NC/I-95, stiffs RI/I-95, AZ/I-15

2012-02-18 NJ Turnpike making more efficient use of toll collectors - but big payout of Corzine bonuses

2012-02-17 Maine Turnpike doing their first open road tolling - at New Gloucester mile-67

2012-02-16 Ambassador Bridge company selects two prominent outsiders for Gateway committee

2012-02-16 Big Dulles Toll $#s reaffirmed, airports outfit MWAA says will fund $3b+ rail to Dulles

2012-02-15 'pike studies in OH, ME

2012-02-15 Maryland spends $2.5 billion, builds beautiful ICC highway with 75mph design speed, posts it for 55mph (IDIOCY)

2012-02-15 Tolls subject of conflicting amendments in US Congress - state rights tolling coalition calls for political action

2012-02-15 Speaker at conservative conference in DC condemns Michigan DOT inspired jailings of toll bridge officers as "thuggish"

2012-02-14 Four groups qualify for DB of new Tappan Zee Bridge

2012-02-14 Detroit Windsor Tunnel able to focus on business - promotion with Delta, new technologies for AET with gates

2012-02-14 Michigan DOT's arrogance and incompetence on the Ambassador Bridge gateway is not new (HISTORY)

2012-02-13 Ex-CEO Paul Violette pleads guilty to theft of $150k-$230k from Maine Turnpike

2012-02-12 TxDOT drops P3 concession on Grand Parkway TX99 for design-build

2012-02-12 Not only does York ME bring down Turnpike chiefs, but it also makes great jams

2012-02-12 Whitney Houston - the greatest is gone

2012-02-12 Texas DOT reorganizes with Zapalac (PERSONNEL)

2012-02-10 Top three bridge company people avoid jail by complying on contested contract items - but fight on in the courts

2012-02-10 PANYNJ - management consultants say is poorly managed, very high cost, and in separate 'silos'

2012-02-09 Ambassador Bridge people see threat of wild judge's 'decapitation' of company - dramatic pre-emptive moves

2012-02-08 S01's piers 11, 12, 13 - MDOT's issue fabrication & the travesty of justice at Ambassador Bridge Gateway

2012-02-07 Mileage based road use fees the subject of Jersey City symposium April 29 EVENT

2012-02-07 Detroit's Jailin Judge told by appeals court to amend terms, then he's free to jail away again

2012-02-04 Footballish in the Wall Street Journal - too much for your editor

2012-02-04 Jailin Judge in Detroit agrees to release secret reports on Ambassador Bridge

2012-02-02 Depth of Michigan DOT campaign against Ambassador Bridge company revealed in 2009 lawyer's report (ADDITIONS)

2012-02-01 New email for now

2012-02-01 Case for local/regional tollers put in Reason paper - FTE claims of big savings in consolidation contested

2012-02-01 Grand-daughter 'Maddy' Madeleine

2012-02-01 Atlantic City Expressway toller in 'high tech' development fiasco

2012-01-31 Editor has no email at TOLLROADSnews - uncontrollable proliferation of messages, other system problems

2012-01-27 Wilbur Smith Assoc forecasting record slammed in report for Reston VA group (ENLARGED REPORT)

2012-01-27 Ambassador Bridge charges Michigan DOT with distortions, misstatements, contrived complaints in Gateway Plaza dispute - rebuttal of Q&A

2012-01-27 Jailin Judge Fan Club

2012-01-27 Michigan DOT moves to build missing ramp as local media picks up on its obstructionism - FHWA made scapegoat ADDITION

2012-01-26 TransCore wins big Texas Turnpike system integration and maintenance contract

2012-01-26 Maryland toll authority to sign 35 year $180m/$198m PV concession on I-95 Kennedy Hwy service plazas

2012-01-25 Jailin Judge: toll bridge company request for secret reports is "designed to annoy, harass and intimidate"

2012-01-25 Road use charges pilot program RFI in Oregon - opportunity to showcase your technologies

2012-01-25 Backward toll collection in China causes congestion, so tolls suspended

2012-01-25 Best words from the night of the SOTU...

2012-01-25 Some law enforcement drama reported at toll plazas on Penn Pike

2012-01-24 Apple suffers bloat - TOLLROADSnews hampered by a bug-infested Lion

2012-01-24 Jailin' Judge suppresses report used to jail bridge tollers - banana republic 'justice' in Detroit

2012-01-23 US GAO review of congestion pricing projects - useful listing, political speculation

2012-01-21 Georgia's state toller offers mobile phone 'app' for account management on Express Lanes

2012-01-20 Paul Violette agrees to 5 years jail for his thievery at Maine Turnpike

2012-01-20 Chesapeake City VA launches toll financed bridge replacement/US17-Dominion Avenue

2012-01-19 In Honolulu former governor out of retirement to fight wasteful debt-building rail project

2012-01-19 GA/I-85 Express Lanes off-peak tolls can go to near zero

2012-01-19 Paul Violette ex Maine Turnpike charged with felony theft of about $10,000 - state AG

2012-01-19 Dems in US Senate to push anti-P3 bill

2012-01-19 Wekiva Parkway gets regional plan approval

2012-01-19 Pure satellite tolling on way out in Europe - GPS/DSRC/cellular hybrid coming

2012-01-17 Facts mangled to fabricate case for jailing of two bridge tollers in Detroit - the Michigan media disgrace

2012-01-17 CA/I-15 Express Lanes open another segment, now 20 miles long

2012-01-16 Rick Nelson, director of operations at Florida's Turnpike laid off suddenly (PERSONNEL)

2012-01-15 US Canada car traffic up 6.6% in 2011, truck traffic flat

2012-01-13 Michigan appeals court frees toll bridgers Matty Moroun, Dan Stamper after 30hrs NEWS & OPINION

2012-01-12 Florida Turnpike procuring 3 or 4-way readers for interop with E-ZPass, NC, GA first up

2012-01-12 Ambassador Bridge's Dan Stamper, Matty Moroun jailed

2012-01-12 Turnpike over twice as safe as other Ohio interstates

2012-01-11 Dramatic court day for Ambassador Bridge people seen Thursday

2012-01-11 Major toll equipment makers set to offer tri-mode readers (ADDITION FS Tech: "We can do 3 now")

2012-01-10 Ohio Turnpike safety continues to improve despite scaremongering on speed limit

2012-01-10 Tolls on the Capital Beltway in N Virginia- Transurban begins publicity for 495 Express Lanes

2012-01-09 PANYNJ chief calls ex-cops effort to keep toll perks "offensive," puts taxmen on them

2012-01-05 Pennsylvania Turnpike "drowning in debt," faces bankruptcy if legislature doesn't repeal imposts - state auditor general

2012-01-05 The case for pricing and privatizing roads put by anon government staffer 'Friedman'

2012-01-05 New York Governor Cuomo pushing big rebuild of Tappan Zee Bridge on state Thruway but no finance plan yet

2012-01-03 IBTTA to US House transport committee: "We're doing toll interoperability. Butt out."

2012-01-02 The turbo encapulator - a green breakthrough for the US auto industry that deserves government support

2012-01-02 China state toll operators default on bonds - national regulator says OK, just a one-time "loan extension"

2011-12-30 Tolls begin on WA520 bridge - smooth start