- San Francisco Supervisors See A Successful Proof Of Concept In MTA Congestion Pricing
- Washington State’s SR 167 Express Project Progresses
- Hearing Reveals Bipartisan Support For Federal Effort To Expand Safe Truck Parking
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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San Francisco Supervisors See A Successful Proof Of Concept In MTA Congestion Pricing
The San Francisco Standard describes takeaways from a field trip to New York City undertaken by three San Francisco County Transportation Authority commissioners (who are also city-county supervisors) to assess the rollout of the country’s first congestion pricing program. The lawmakers agree on the basis of their observations that the MTA tolling initiative is succeeding and represents a proof of concept with potential for adaptation to downtown San Francisco under appropriate conditions.
As to timing, Supervisor Matt Dorsey suggested that congestion isn’t a problem in the downtown area under current post-pandemic conditions. However, if there is a business recovery and The City builds more housing, conditions “might very well create a more welcoming and necessary environment for San Francisco to consider congestion pricing.”
California Congestion Pricing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York New York City San Francisco Bay Area (CA) San Francisco County Transportation AuthorityWashington State’s SR 167 Express Project Progresses
KIRO Radio reports, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) scheduled the closure of a 1.5-mile segment of SR 167 from late yesterday through 4:00 AM today to accommodate the installation of sign bridges and toll structures.
The work advances the SR 167 Corridor Improvements Project. Among other things, WSDOT is upgrading SR 167 toll equipment to the standard of I-405 toll equipment, for the purpose, it states, of creating “a continuous 50-mile I-405/SR 167 express toll lane system and a consistent customer experience in the express toll lanes.” WSDOT will conduct a quarterly project update meeting next Thursday, April 3, at noon PDST, via Zoom.
The KIRO article also takes note of overnight I-405 lane closures for sign removal around SR 527. That work is part of the $834 million I-405-Brickyard to SR 527 Improvement Project. Among other things, Skanska, the state’s design-build contractor, is extending dual express lanes across a 4.5-mile highway corridor to reduce existing single-lane congestion and improving access to a bus rapid transit service.
ETC Systems Express Lanes Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance I-405 and SR 167 Express Lanes (WSDOT) Seattle Metro Area Washington State Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)Hearing Reveals Bipartisan Support For Federal Effort To Expand Safe Truck Parking
Transport Topics reports, during this week’s meeting of the US House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, public safety provided the primary rationale and framework for discussion of a nationwide truck parking expansion with support from the next surface transportation reauthorization bill. According to the American Trucking Associations, only one safe truck parking spot exists for every 11 drivers. The shortage ranks second in the American Transportation Research Institute’s “Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry” report.
“A lack of available parking spaces forces truckers to choose between parking in a potentially unsafe location, such as a highway shoulder, or continuing to drive while they feel fatigued or are out of available driving hours under federally mandated hours-of-service (HOS) regulations,” testified Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. Another hearing witness, John Elliott, past chair of the Truckload Carriers Association, told lawmakers, “I strongly urge you to include the truck parking language in the next highway reauthorization bill.” He added that a recently reintroduced parking access bill “contains ‘must-have language’ that should be incorporated into any upcoming highway policy bill.”
American Trucking Associations Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) US Department of Transportation (USDOT) US Gov't Transportation Funding US Infrastructure Funding And Financing InitiativesThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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