toll lanes

New York's loss in rejecting congestion pricing is Los Angeles potential gain. $213.6m of federal transit funds previously set aside New York City is now committed to supporting an ambitious variable tolls project on HOV lanes on some of the busiest freeways in the Los Angeles (LA) area. 1962 words  read more »

Virginia DOT, Transurban and Fluor have signed the contracts and gone to financial close for the construction of four toll lanes plus direct connector ramps on 23km (14 miles) of the Capital Beltway (I-495) in northern Virginia between the Springfield interchange and just short of the Maryland line at the Potomac River. 1914 words  read more »

Dallas area officials intervened quickly this week to neutralize the potential danger to their huge toll financing plans from the anti-toll bills of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (Repub Tx). They wrote to her (see NCTCOG-KBH) with all the customary flattery, thanking her for her "continued outstanding leadership" etc. 515 words  read more »

Georgia DOT is seeking private sector proposals for adding toll or "managed lanes" along I-20 for 15km (9 miles) in the southeast part of the greater Atlanta area. Sketch level forecasts done for GDOT by C&M Associates suggests toll revenues of around $2m to $3m in the first year and $23m in 2030.
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A prominent local state politician Galen Clagett (Dem, Frederick) said at a lunch here recently that continued inaction on I-270 is "quite unacceptable." Congestion is "killing us," he said. We need extra lanes now, he said, not in fifteen years as promised by the state highway administration. Since the state doesn't have the money to do anything beyond studying the problem year after year, we need to go to the private sector, Clagett said. 1679 words  read more »

The three roads to be studied in more detail for implementation of dynamic pricing are: 991 words  read more »