- FHWA Inquiries Delay Advance Of NYC Congestion Pricing Implementation
- PA Turnpike Expects A Significant Rise In Holiday Weekend Traffic
- SMC Tollways CEO Is Philippine President-Elect's Choice For Highway Secretary
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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FHWA Inquiries Delay Advance Of NYC Congestion Pricing Implementation
Streetsblog NYC reports, “MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said on Wednesday that the federal government’s litany of technical questions in response to a draft environmental assessment on the congestion pricing program has knocked the year-plus schedule slightly off course. Although the agency was supposed to reveal the draft EA to the world in June, Lieber said [to expect at least a month-long delay].” The MTA chief expressed frustration with the Federal Highway Administration’s stance on the draft. “In some cases,” he said, “we’re working with the feds to nail down, ‘What exactly do you want us to do?’ . . . Our team is working their tails off to answer all those questions, to do new modeling, to do new analyses, to re-calibrate everything in response to what the federal agency’s comments have gotten to. . . .” Some transportation advocates interviewed by Streetsblog were more outspoken in criticizing FHWA and raised questions about its motives. The authority did not respond to a request for comment.
Congestion Pricing Environmental Protection Policies Procedures And Initiatives Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York New York City US Department of Transportation (USDOT)PA Turnpike Expects A Significant Rise In Holiday Weekend Traffic
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) projects that more than 2.2 million motorists will travel on its facilities over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. “This is almost 300,000 more than last year’s traffic tally of 1.9 million during the holiday period. This year’s projections reflect a 15% increase from 2021 traffic, as well as an increase of 3% over pre-pandemic levels for the same period in 2019.” PTC chief executive Mark Compton urged motorists to be attentive and cautious, noting that, “While our traffic volumes are beginning to mirror, or even exceed, the levels prior to the pandemic, poor driving habits made worse during the pandemic — when drivers saw sparser traffic and wide-open roads — are becoming far more dangerous.”
Highway and Bridge Safety (Including COVID-19 Impacts) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC)SMC Tollways CEO Is Philippine President-Elect's Choice For Highway Secretary
Philippine Daily Inquirer reports, Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., said yesterday he intends to nominate Manuel “Manny” Bonoan, the current president and CEO of SMC Tollways, to serve as secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Autoindustriya.com reports, Bonoan, an engineer and former DPWH official, is likely to accept the nomination. SMC Tollways, a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation conglomerate, operates, among other facilities, the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx), the STAR Tollway and the Metro Manila Skyway.
Appointments-Promotions-Retirements Philippines San Miguel Corporation (South Luzon Tollway)These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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