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HARRISBURG, PA (JULY 21, 2020) — The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) today approved a six-percent toll increase for all E-ZPass rates systemwide and for PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE rates that had been established before last month’s permanent conversion to All-Electronic Tolling (AET) at these locations: Beaver Valley Expressway (I-376); Delaware River Bridge (NJ border); […]

Brings interoperability to motorists traveling along east coast Wilmington, DE, July 6, 2020 — The E-ZPass Interagency Group announced today that Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and the State Road and Tollway Authority of Georgia (SRTA) will join the E-ZPass network, bringing interoperability to motorists traveling along the east coast in the near future. Florida’s Orlando area […]

TOLLING 2020 to feature a new approach to unpaid tolls and relief to outstanding fines DOWNERS GROVE, IL, June 25, 2020 — The Illinois Tollway today announced TOLLING 2020, a comprehensive tolling reform package featuring a significant reduction to the initial costs faced by motorists when tolls are left unpaid. The measures also include steep […]

Layoffs originally anticipated in early 2022 now accelerated given circumstances. Harrisburg PA (JUNE 2, 2020) — The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission today announced that the cashless, All-Electronic Tolling (AET) system instituted March 16 to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus will become permanent — a decision that will result in the layoff of approximately 500 […]

With Alabama’s economy reopening in phases starting Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 5 p.m. American Roads announced that the bridges in Orange Beach/Gulf Shores, Tuscaloosa and the Montgomery area will resume accepting cash toll payments at the same time. “We are pleased to accommodate the request by travelers and local businesses to assist with Alabama’s […]