Daily News Briefs, October 27, 2022

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ATA President Adopts Aggressive Stance On Truck Tolling

Transport Dive reports, “American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear touted the group’s legal and legislative victories over the past year, striking an aggressive tone during his address at the 2022 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition Monday. ‘Your association’s primary objective is winning — winning on behalf of the members of this great industry,’” Spear stated. He made a point of mentioning the association’s recent victory in the lawsuit over the constitutionality of Rhode Island truck tolls, characterizing the state’s suspended toll program as “a scam.” Spear added, “From the Eastern Seaboard to the Mountain West, any state debating a similar target on our industry has now received an unmistakable message: Don’t mess with trucking.” (The lawsuit verdict is on appeal by Rhode Island.)

Transport Topics also covers Spear’s remarks.

American Trucking Associations Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)

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ASFINAG Executive Describes Systemic Approach To Improving Highway Safety

ITSInternational.com reports, in remarks delivered on Tuesday at the IBTTA Global Tolling Summit in Dublin, René Moser, a senior executive of ASFINAG, the Austrian motorways operator, said, “Road safety must become part of companies’ DNA and must be an ongoing effort.” Moser described his company’s “systems safety approach,” which involves multiple departments and disciplines, as well as the cooperation of external stakeholders. Annual traffic fatalities on the ASFINAG network have dropped by more than half since 2010.

ASFINAG Austria Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) IBTTA Public Outreach And Communication

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

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