- CFX Will Transition To Nighttime Cashless Collection
- Half Of Massachusetts Poll Respondents Would Accept Tolls Or RUC In Place Of Gas Tax
- Public and Shared EV Chargers Now Outnumber Gas Pumps In California
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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CFX Will Transition To Nighttime Cashless Collection
“If you are one of the few who still pays for tolls with change, you will soon need to ‘pay by plate’ or use a transponder on one Central Florida highway system, at least for nighttime travel,” WKMG reports. “Starting April 22, the Central Florida Expressway Authority [CFX] will no longer accept cash payments overnight between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.” About 98 percent of drivers already pay the agency’s tolls using its E-PASS electronic toll system or interoperable systems such as SunPass, according to CFX. Following the cashless transition, overnight travelers without transponders will be billed by mail.
Half Of Massachusetts Poll Respondents Would Accept Tolls Or RUC In Place Of Gas Tax
State House News Service (via Telegram & Gazette) reports, “About half of Massachusetts residents backed phasing out the state’s gasoline tax and instead expanding roadway tolling or imposing fees based on mileage, according to a new poll that took the temperature on a range of transportation-related ideas.” About 30 percent of respondents indicated they oppose tolling or mileage-based user fee alternatives to fuel taxation. Massachusetts collected approximately $615 million in gas taxes during the 2024 fiscal year. (TRN inserted a link in quoted text.)
Another topic of the survey was congestion pricing and its early impact in metro New York City. “Asked if Massachusetts should study the use of congestion pricing in and around Boston, 48% said yes and 35% said no.”
The late February poll of about 700 Massachusetts residents was conducted by MassINC Polling Group on behalf of Transportation for Massachusetts, a reform coalition focused on addressing transportation system inequities. Both MassINC and Transportation for Massachusetts issued news releases on the survey results.
StreetsblogMASS looks at the poll’s overall findings on public attitudes about transportation funding. The article notes that an important aspect of the poll was the context it provided for questions. (For example, the question about congestion pricing was preceded by information about MTA’s Manhattan program, such as the base toll rate, the program’s multiple purposes, early traffic reduction data, and Trump administration opposition.)
Congestion Pricing ETC Systems Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Massachusetts Turnpike Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Road Use Charging (RUC-MBUF-VMT)Public and Shared EV Chargers Now Outnumber Gas Pumps In California
“Car and Driver” reports, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) recently announced that 178,549 public and shared private EV chargers have now been installed across the state. It’s estimated that an additional 700,000 Level 2 chargers are installed at single-family homes. That means California now has more charging units than gas pumps, according to a California Energy Commission estimate that the number of pumps is about 120,000.
Although most of the public and shared units are Level 2 chargers, there are now 16,500 of the fast-charging direct current variety at public and shared sites. The state is continuing efforts to expand EV charging availability.
California Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Environmental Protection Policies Procedures And InitiativesThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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