NTTA

NTTA is removing the last remnants of cash toll collection on its six toll facility system in the Dallas area. The last cash tolls were collected over two years ago - in December 2010. Conversion to all-electronic tolling (AET) only involves opening up a regular section of highway through the toll plaza area and installing toll equipment over and within the roadway at the new AET toll point.

Clayton Howe is leaving NTTA Operations and chairmanship of Texas Interoperability (IOP) Task Force to join Atkins. He was the senior officer in Operations at NTTA from 2009 until the previously vacant position of deputy executive director and chief operating officer was filled in October last year by John Carreker - a specialist in new payments methodologies from outside the toll business.

2013-01-25: North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) say they have agreed with TxDOT on the general terms of cooperation for working together on the extension of Texas State Route 360 (TX360) as a tollroad from I-20 in Tarrant County about 10 miles south to US287 just inside Ellis County.

There's often rivalry in the bigger states between metro area or large county-based roller and the state DOT. Think Florida DOT and OOCEA and Tampa HEA. In Texas most of the rivalry is in Dallas between TxDOT and North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA.)

TxDOT tends to favor farming new toll projects out to investors in a public private partnership (P3) or toll concession whereas NTTA favors the traditional in-house development, financing, and operations as well as the risk taking.

North Texas Tollway Authority today opened a 6.5 mile extension of the President George Bush Turnpike TX161 taking it from I-20 to I-30. 2x2 lanes the tollroad cost $420m. Six of eight direct connector ramps at the big PGBT interchange at I-30 remain to be complied, and are due to open early 2013.

Location is the south central portion of the Dallas-Ft Worth metro area.  

North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is enlisting local football mania to sell toll transponders. And at a premium price.

They are pushing a "limited edition" (20,000 tags) sticker tag emblazoned with the Dallas Cowboys football team's striking dark blue silver edged star.

They are on sale at Cowboys stores and online at www.shopcowboys.com

Astute marketing? Philanthropy? Patriotism? Smart publicity? Tapping into public support for the greatest of veterans? A car dealer in Dallas arranging to pay the tolls of Legion of Valor (LoV) members at the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) looks like all of that.

2012-07-18: "Performance Review" reports to the board of directors of North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) by executive director Jorge Figueredo after he became chief executive in mid-2007 reveal he was disappointed with the quality of key people there and set out to make radical changes.

CDM (formerly Wilbur) Smith continue to do the traffic and revenue work for the established toll facilities of North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) and full system forecasting. But C&M Associates get the new stuff - the Chisholm Trail and western extension of the President Geo Bush Turnpike are mentioned. Also apparently the Trinity Parkway, although that is not part of the announcement.

North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is to publish "Top Violators," a list of people with 100 or more unpaid tolls. It will appear from July onward as a page on the NTTA's website, ntta.org

They say it is one aspect of  broader effort to make sure all users pay for their use of the Dallas area tollways. It is also presented as an aid to motorists who have neglected bills in the mail.