Daily News Briefs, December 16, 2024

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An Overview Of 2025 Toll Rate Changes Coming To Some Major US Facilities

A wave of US toll facility rate increases and rate schedule changes is coming in 2025. Transport Topics looks at the adjustments about to occur in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, especially as they affect fees paid by commercial truckers. The Pennsylvania Turnpike’s shift from weight-based vehicle classification to an automatic axle- and height-based classification system gets particular notice.

New Jersey New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) New York Ohio Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) Toll Rate Changes

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Congress Faces Friday Deadline To Keep Government Funded

POLITICO reports, congressional leaders are under pressure to reach agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep government agencies funded past Friday, December 20, and through March. “Since the funding measure is expected to be the last major bill Congress passes this year, lawmakers have been eyeing it as a path to clearing several other major policy priorities. . . .” A disagreement over agriculture funding is currently the major obstacle to an agreement on the text of a resolution.

WTOP reports, the CR is “likely” to include billions of dollars in disaster aid for the states that were affected by this fall’s hurricanes, as well as funding for the replacement of the Maryland’s collapsed Francis Scott Key toll bridge.

Company and Agency Financial Issues And Reports Francis Scott Key Toll Bridge Collapse and Replacement Maryland Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) US Department of Transportation (USDOT) US Gov't Transportation Funding

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HCTRA And PA Turnpike Issue Toll Smishing Alerts

KHOU reports, over the short weeks since the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) assumed responsibility for some TxTag billing and customer service operations, the authority has already been impersonated in smishing messages urging payment of overdue tolls. HCTRA stated it never issues payment reminders or toll violation notices by text messages. It is urging the public to report suspicious messages to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.

Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission warned the public that scammers are once again impersonating the commission in text messages requesting payment of an overdue toll bill.

Crime Beat ETC Systems Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) Texas Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) TxTag

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These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.

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