toll plaza
Fiery crash at Bergen Toll Plaza on Garden State Parkway - memories of Stratford CT 1983
The good news was that no one was seriously hurt despite the wild fire to be seen in pictures nearby after an out-of-control Toyota Prius ran up a rampart between two toll lanes at the Bergen mainline toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway. The toll plaza takes tolls northbound and the spectacular accident happened 3:45pm Friday July 13 just as the afternoon rush hour was beginning.
Maine's southern toll plaza becomes battle of consultants - town hires eTrans v HNTB
By Peter Samuel on January 22, 2010
The political battle over the design of Maine's southern toll plaza has seen the town of York hire their own toll system consultant to combat HNTB and the Maine Turnpike Authority. York mayor Michael Estes announced the hiring of Atlanta Georgia based eTrans at a large public meeting on the contentious issue Thursday night in York.
Two I-95 toll plaza upgrade efforts - York ME, Newark DE - compared
By Peter Samuel on November 15, 2009
The tale of two I-95 toll plaza rebuilds make an interesting comparison. There are
similarities and differences. Similarities are that in both states the Turnpike is the major east coast highway artery and the major link to adjoining states.
Delaware moving to break toll booth bottleneck with open road tolling on I-95
By Peter Samuel on November 14, 2009
At last Delaware is moving to break the worst traffic bottleneck on the east coast - the
Newark DE toll plaza on the I-95 Turnpike.
Maine Turnpike's York toll plaza re-study report delayed yet again
By Peter Samuel on April 5, 2009
Chairman of the Maine Turnpike Authority, Gerald Conley says their engineering consultants HNTB need more time to complete their study of options at the York or Southern toll plaza. This study goes on and on. In spring last year the re-study was said to be expected for "late June (2008)." By the fall it became "the first quarter of 2009." However it's still not done.
Maine Turnpike to study improvements at existing York plaza & look deeper at cashless
By Peter Samuel on May 20, 2008
Maine Turnpike Authority's board have asked HNTB engineering consultants to study options for upgrading toll collection at the existing York toll plaza. HNTB are also being asked to do a more in-depth study of cashless all-electronic tolling option.
Toll plaza simulations
By Peter Samuel on February 17, 2001Toll plaza simulations
Originally published in issue 53 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 2001.
Page:29
Subjects:toll plaza simulation
Agencies:URS
Sources:Ayman Mohammed
NJ TURNPIKE:In Search Of Bottlenecks
By Peter Samuel on May 25, 2000NJ TURNPIKE:In Search Of Bottlenecks
Originally published in issue 49 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in May 2000.
Page:14
Subjects:bottlenecks operations possible widening
