toll authority

Legislation granting the Indiana Governor and his executive branch greater tolling powers seems to be moving to approval by the state General Assembly. The measure as sponsored by Governor Mitch Daniels (SB473) granted the executive branch a free hand in developing new toll roads and tolling of additional lanes on existing roads.

A transport bill proposed as part of Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's 2010 budget would give municipal governments and regional organizations the power to form a toll authority, generically named a Transportation Innovation Authority (TIAs).  Ohio TIAs appear to be somewhat similar in concept to Regional Mobility Authorities (RMAs) in Texas which although not officially described, are in fact, toll authorities.