dulles toll road
Virginia Supreme Court demolishes regional funding of transit and tolls
Posted Fri, 2008-02-29 20:50The 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
Posted Sun, 2008-01-27 20:41
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
Posted Sat, 2007-07-28 12:52
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
Posted Sat, 2000-12-16 20:28VIRGINIA: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
Interoperability
Posted Sun, 2000-03-05 00:27Interoperability
Originally published in issue 47 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2000.
Page:3
Subjects:interoperability 278 words read more »
DULLES TOLL ROAD ETC “I Zip Through and Beat the Systemâ€
Posted Tue, 1999-02-09 00:38DULLES 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
Posted Mon, 1998-11-30 19:00THIRD 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
EMBEZZLEMENT VDOT engineer pleads guilty
Posted Sun, 1998-03-22 16:10EMBEZZLEMENT 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
VDOT engineer pleads guilty — state after TransCore 301 words read more »
So those radio waves don
Posted Sun, 1996-09-22 14:38So 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
