- OK Turnpike Issues RFI Regarding Debt Collection Services
- VA Transportation Officials Reflect On Lessons Learned A Year After Winter Storm Standstill
- TRB's 2023 Annual Meeting Begins Sunday
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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OK Turnpike Issues RFI Regarding Debt Collection Services
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) is seeking information and ideas from qualified vendors of debt collection services on best practices and innovations that would allow OTA to maximize the collection of toll revenue from PikePass and PlatePay customers and violators. More information and a link to the RFI is available via CIVCAST. Responses are due by 2:00 PM (CST) on January 25, 2023.
Oklahoma Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Procurement of Tolling Equipment & ServicesVA Transportation Officials Reflect On Lessons Learned A Year After Winter Storm Standstill
WTOP reports, Virginia DOT has rolled out an automatic phone alert system for drivers whose vehicles are stuck in severe transportation emergencies such as last year’s winter storm that left thousands of drivers trapped for up to 24 hours on a portion of I-95 in northern Virginia, near Washington, DC. The system was implemented as a solution to one of the failures in that emergency: Trapped drivers were unable to get information from VDOT about the situation. The new system will send alerts based on geographic location, and drivers will be able to communicate in a two-way exchange.
An August audit by Virginia’s inspector general cited communication as one of several points of failure in the January storm. The audit followed a 41-page after-action report on the incident that examined, among other things, how the state’s transportation and emergency management departments and the Virginia State Police could improve their responses to similar situations.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) I-95 Virginia Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Washington (DC) Metro RegionTRB's 2023 Annual Meeting Begins Sunday
Transport Topics previews the next annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, which runs from Sunday, January 8, through Thursday, January 12, in Washington, DC. A highlight of the agenda will be the Wednesday morning “Fireside Chat” during which USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm provide updates on implementation of the IIJA, with a particular emphasis on the work the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation is doing to promote vehicle electrification. Safety issues are prominent on Monday’s schedule, which includes a panel discussion of USDOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy. The presenters will include USDOT Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg, FHWA Deputy Administrator Stephanie Pollack, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Chief Robin Hutcheson. “[O]ther panel discussions will pertain to severe-weather resilience, automated vehicles, transit operations, urban planning, supply chain connectivity, equity, land management, freight workforce and complete streets concepts.”
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) Transportation and Infrastructure Research & Development Transportation Research Board US Department of Energy US Department of Transportation (USDOT) US Infrastructure Funding And Financing InitiativesThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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