- IBTTA Names Six Toll Excellence Award Winners
- PANYNJ Officials Justify Proposed Toll and Fare Increases
- Bestpass Integrates with New TI Bridge Authority Toll System
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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IBTTA Names Six Toll Excellence Award Winners
IBTTA yesterday announced the winners of its 2019 Toll Excellence Awards. IBTTA called the six recipients “global industry leaders doing outstanding work to ease traffic congestion, embrace new technologies, and improve highway safety and reliability.” Awards (click the links below to read the citations) go to:
- Transurban North America, Northern Virginia (Administration and Finance category)
- Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) (Customer Service and Marketing Outreach category)
- Central Florida Expressway Authority, Florida Department of Transportation ‐ District Five and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (Social Responsibility category)
- Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Technology category)
- Illinois Tollway (Toll Operations, Engineering and Maintenance category)
- Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) (Private Sector Innovation Award)
Awards will be presented at IBTTA’s Annual Meeting and Exhibition in September in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at which time one of the recipients will also receive the association’s highest recognition for achievement, the President’s Award for Excellence.
Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) (formerly ETCC) Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) IBTTA Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (IL Tollway) Industry Awards & Recognitions Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) TransurbanPANYNJ Officials Justify Proposed Toll and Fare Increases
In a Daily News op-ed, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials Kevin O’Toole and Rick Cotton explain why proposed toll and fare hikes are necessary: there’s a price to pay for our nation’s neglect of infrastructure maintenance. PANYNJ, they say, needs “an unprecedented level of investment” to “rebuild the region’s infrastructure and transform aging assets into world-class facilities that meet 21st century expectations and better handle the record volumes we continue to see.” They also note that the increases are in amounts necessary to keep pace with inflation.
New Jersey New York New York City Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)Bestpass Integrates with New TI Bridge Authority Toll System
Bestpass announced that it has integrated its toll management and payment platform with the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority. Following the authority’s recent upgrade of its toll collection system, Bestpass is now able to directly process transactions and submit payments with the authority. TIBA executive director Robert Horr said in a news release, “With more than two million vehicles crossing the Thousand Islands Bridge each year, any step that we can take to keep traffic flowing more smoothly and ultimately provide a better experience for users is a tremendous benefit. Our relationship with Bestpass will also help us process commercial toll transactions much more efficiently.”
Bestpass Canada ETC Systems Federal Bridge Corporation Ltd. (Canada) New York Ontario Thousand Islands Bridge Authority (TIBA)These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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