detoll
Sydney's M4 toll road no more - detolled when concession ended Feb 15 24:00
Posted on Wed, 2010-02-17 01:28
Sydney's first tollroad in the automobile era, the M4 heading west out of Sydney is no more. As of midnight Feb 15 the 20 year concession held by State Wide Roads expired, the road was turned over to the state of New South Wales (NSW), and toll collection ended.
An average of 100k vehicles use the six lane expressway each day.
Japan Dems retreat further from detoll pledge - only Hokkaido so far
Posted on Sun, 2009-12-06 23:45
Japan's Democratic Party government will confine any toll removals next financial year to the sparsely settled northern island of Hokkaido, reducing the cost to a tiny fraction of the Y600b ($6.6b @ Y=1.1c) they previously said they would spend on detolling, Yomiuri Shimbun reports. The leading newspaper cited statements made by the party leader and prime minister Yukio Hatoyama in a closed meeting of lawmakers recently.
Japanese Democrats toll-free policy to boost CO2 by a third, take passengers off rail, airplanes
Posted on Wed, 2009-09-16 10:22
Japan's transport department estimates that ending tolls on Japan's expressways, as proposed by the the incoming Democrat Party of Yukio Hatoyama, will increase car use for trips of 200km (124 miles) or more by 58% and cause rail passenger travel in the country to decline 11% and air travel to drop by 4%.
Democrats in Japan promised to nationalize toll companies and detoll
Posted on Thu, 2009-09-03 01:44
The Democrats who just swept to power in Japan in a landslide national election have promised to nationalize toll companies and end tolls by 2012. Since 9,000km, 5600 miles of tollroad in Japan constitutes the great bulk of the country's expressway system this is a most radical proposal.
New Hampshire to keep heavily contested tolls at Merrimack
Posted on Thu, 2007-11-01 23:11
Climaxing a long campaign and protests, New Hampshire's Executive Council has voted 4 to 1 to reject requests from the city of Merrimack to end tolls on ramps there. The lone vote in favor of ending Merrimack tolls came from Councillor Debora Pignatelli who represents the area and has been one of the most vocal advocates of detolling Merrimack.
ILLINOIS:State senate report
Posted on Tue, 2001-02-13 15:53ILLINOIS:State senate report
Originally published in issue 53 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 2001.
Page:27
Subjects:detoll future planning
TOLL KILLER ON THE LOOSE:Illinois Governor calls tolls “nuisance” - Looking at “creative alternatives”
Posted on Wed, 1999-09-01 19:34TOLL KILLER ON THE LOOSE:Illinois Governor calls tolls nuisance - Looking at creative alternatives
Originally published in issue 42 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 1999.
Page:1
Subjects:anti-tolls detoll moves de-toll
DE-TOLLING:Butler Co OH pike aborted by DOT
Posted on Thu, 1999-07-29 07:13DE-TOLLING:Butler Co OH pike aborted by DOT
Originally published in issue 41 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jul 1999.
Page:16
Subjects:detoll aborted toll politics
Facilities:Butler Regional Highway
Agencies:Butler County Transportation Improvement District BCTID
Locations:Butler County Hamilton OH
MIAMI FL:Mayor Lobbies to Kill Toll Agency
Posted on Fri, 1999-04-02 20:00MIAMI FL:Mayor Lobbies to Kill Toll Agency
Originally published in issue 38 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 1999.
Page:1
Subjects:de-toll anti-toll detoll
Facilities:MDX
Agencies:MDX
Locations:Miami Fl
Sources:Wartman
NEW HAMPSHIRE HOV detoll abandoned
Posted on Wed, 1998-04-15 04:03NEW HAMPSHIRE HOV detoll abandoned
Originally published in issue 26 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 1998.
Page:9
Subjects:detoll HOV
Facilities:New Hampshire Bureau of Turnpikes
Agencies:NHDOT Bureau of Turnpikes
Locations:NH
Sources:Al Almasy
NEW HAMPSHIRE
HOV detoll abandoned
