massachsetts turnpike

In an important legal case the US Court of Appeals has upheld the right of a toll authority to offer discounts to users of its transponder, while denying users' of other transponders the same lower toll rate.

California State Pension Fund (Calpers) the major investor in the $800m Columbus Center air rights development over the Massachusetts Turnpike in central Boston say the project is no long viable. So they're seeking "an amicable resolution" with the state.

The Boston Herald reports that Local 127 Teamsters union representing toll collectors in Massachusetts has protested as "unjust" the suspension by the Turnpike of toll collector Paul Moccia charged in court this week with a grisly drug murder.