Daily News Briefs, June 27, 2024

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THEA Announces Annual Adjustment Of Selmon Expressway Toll Rates

WFLA reports, “Tolls on the Selmon Expressway will increase starting on July 1, according to the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority [THEA]. SunPass users on the East Mainline section of the expressway will pay $2.08, up 5 cents from the previous rate of $2.03 for 2-axle vehicles. Toll-by-Plate users on that same section will pay $2.44, up from $2.39.” In a statement, a spokesperson noted that THEA “toll indexing policies automatically increase tolls at a minimum of 2.5% annually or CPI (consumer price index) to adjust to inflation. [This year’s] increase for 2-axle vehicles with a SunPass is $0.05. In the recent years of growing inflation and increased costs of operating and construction, THEA has chosen to continue to apply the minimum required growth.” A 2024 rate chart is included in the WFLA article. THEA’s 2023 rates are posted online.

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USDOT Chief AI Officer Will Double As Acting Head Of Motor Carrier Safety Administration

On Tuesday, USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the appointment of Vinn White as deputy administrator and acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). In addition to his new role, Mr. White will continue to serve as USDOT’s acting chief intelligence officer with responsibility for overseeing implementation of Executive Order 14110 on the development and use of artificial intelligence technology. He joins FMCSA from a position in which coordinated USDOT initiatives on emerging transportation technologies. Earlier in his career, White served as an acting assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary of USDOT and as a transportation policymaker in New Jersey.

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TRB Schedules Webinar On Setting Project Development Budgets

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has scheduled a webinar, “Successful Approaches to Setting Project Development Budgets,” for Monday afternoon, July 1. Presenters from TRB and several state DOTs, will discuss “improved processes for setting and maintaining project development budgets through improvements in estimation, risk management, and tracking of project development costs.” The session is sponsored by TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program and will feature research from the program’s domestic scan report on the webinar topic. Additional information and registration is available online.

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

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