- Poole Suggests Ways To Overcome Truckers' Antipathy To Tolling
- New York State Accepts Applications For Entry-Level Toll And ITS Systems Technician Jobs
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Poole Suggests Ways To Overcome Truckers' Antipathy To Tolling
The trucking industry’s persistent opposition to the expansion of US tolling inhibits government’s ability to form toll-revenue-supported public-private partnerships to upgrade highway infrastructure, according to a new commentary by the Reason Foundation’s Robert Poole. He suggests ways to address truckers’ four primary tolling objections and persuade them “that some form of customer-friendly tolling would open the door to an improved and expanded 21st-century Interstate highway system.” Legislation could resolve three of the most common hauling industry complaints, which deal with how and where toll revenue is spent, and the imposition of tolls on top of highway use and fuel taxes. As to the fourth gripe — that toll collection is an inefficient and costly method of raising revenue — Poole says truckers are simply wrong about contemporary overhead costs.
AET (All-Electronic Tolling) ETC Systems P3 & Privatization US Gov't Transportation FundingNew York State Accepts Applications For Entry-Level Toll And ITS Systems Technician Jobs
SILive.com reports, New York State is looking to fill some entry-level technical jobs. According to a recently issued schedule, the civil service department is accepting online applications for the positions of toll electronic systems technician and toll electronic systems technician trainee 1 through the end of April 26. In-person, “0pen-competitive exams” will be administered to qualified candidates in June. The department is accepting applications on the same schedule for two entry-level positions involving maintenance and repair of traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation Systems and communications equipment. More information about state employment is available at the Department of Civil Service website.
New York Transportation And Infrastructure Workforce IssuesThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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