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Virginia Supreme Court demolishes regional funding of transit and tolls


The Virginia Supreme Court has blocked regional transportation funding powers legislated last year saying the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) cannot be granted revenue raising powers reserved by the state constitution to the General Assembly or to directly elected bodies. This immediately invalidates another funding source previously relied on for the Dulles metrorail project planned in the median of the Dulles Toll Road. 606 words  read more »

Dulles Toll Road unlikely to go to Airports Authority in wake of FTA 'No' to rail $s


In the wake of the Federal Transit Administration's 'No' to Virginia's request for federal funding for construction of the $5b Dulles Rail project, state officials are rethinking their plan to have the area's Airports Authority take over the Dulles Toll Road. This could open the way for resumption of the private sector concessioning that was interrupted by the MWAA intervention in 2006.
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Airports Authority takeover of Dulles Toll Road threatened by critical USDOT report


A project to build a rail line (Dulles Rail) in the median of the Dulles Toll Road is unlikely to get a high enough cost-effectiveness rating to be eligible for federal funds, throwing into doubt a proposed takeover of the Dulles Toll Road by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA). 1133 words  read more »

VIRGINIA:Dulles Toll Road boomer


VIRGINIA:Dulles Toll Road boomer

Originally published in issue 52 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Nov 2000.

Page:27

Subjects:forecasts under-estimate

Facilities:Dulles Toll Road DTR

Agencies:VDOT JHK

Locations:Northern Virginia NOVA

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Interoperability


Interoperability

Originally published in issue 47 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2000.

Page:3

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DULLES TOLL ROAD ETC “I Zip Through and Beat the Systemâ€


DULLES TOLL ROAD ETC “I Zip Through and Beat the System”

Originally published in issue 36 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Feb 1999.

Page:7

Subjects:toll evasion pr

Facilities:Dulles Toll Road

Agencies:VDOT Dulles Toll Road

Locations:VA NVA

Sources:McEntee Tom Sines Bill Costis

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THIRD WORLD DC:Grandiose Schemes & Regressive Taxes for VA


THIRD WORLD DC:Grandiose Schemes & Regressive Taxes for VA’s Dulles Corridor

Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.

Page:1

Subjects:MIS perversion by transit exclusion highway option

Facilities:Dulles Toll Road Dulles Corridor

Agencies:VDOT Virginia Department of Rail

Locations:VA northern VA

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EMBEZZLEMENT VDOT engineer pleads guilty


EMBEZZLEMENT VDOT engineer pleads guilty — state after TransCore

Originally published in issue 25 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 1998.

Page:15

Subjects:thievery fraud

Facilities:Dulles Toll Road

Agencies:VDOT TransCore

Locations:VA

Sources:Bill Fitzpatrick

EMBEZZLEMENT

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So those radio waves don


So those radio waves don’t have to get in the car

Originally published in issue 7 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 1996.

Page:7

Subjects:e-tag oddities

Facilities:Dulles Toll Road

Agencies:VDOT

Locations:VA

Sources:Jeanne Thomas

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