- Nuria Fernandez Confirmed As Federal Transit Administration Chief
- Bill To Prevent "Double Tolling" Of New Yorkers Needs More Work
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Nuria Fernandez Confirmed As Federal Transit Administration Chief
AASHTO Journal reports, the US Senate confirmed the president’s appointment of Nuria Fernandez to the post of administrator of the Federal Transit Administration. She has been serving as FTA’s acting administrator since January. “Fernandez previously served as the general manager and CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, along with stints as chief operating officer of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and senior vice president of design and construction for the Chicago Transit Authority and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, consecutively. Fernandez is also the immediate past chair of the American Public Transportation Association.”
Appointments-Promotions-Retirements US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Women in TransportationBill To Prevent "Double Tolling" Of New Yorkers Needs More Work
Silive.com reports, US Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island and South Brooklyn), introduced a bill (HR 3715) to prevent “double tolling” of her constituents that would have the (apparently unintended) effect of eliminating a key provision of federal law on state use of toll revenues. The bill aims to require that New York City drivers receive a credit equivalent to the amount of any bridge toll they pay to enter a congestion pricing zone, such as the one MTA is planning to create in Manhattan. However, during a hearing last week, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR 4) noted that the bill is overbroad in its effect of current law and offered to help Malliotakis redraft it. Malliotakis is a persistent critic of MTA tolling policy.
Congestion Pricing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York New York CityThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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