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Transportation officials in Ohio and Kentucky expect to release a joint evaluation in March on financing options for a new bridge to replace the Interstate 75 bridge near Cincinnati that connects the two states across the Ohio River — including the possibility of adding tolls, KyPost.com reported.

Truck traffic on the western end of the Pennsylvania Turnpike has declined as tolls have jumped 35% for E-ZPass users since 2009, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said rates will increase Jan. 6 on the turnpike and other toll roads in the state.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted last week to raise tolls for trucks and cars on its six bridges and two tunnels, effective March 1.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has decided against a controversial idea to privatize the Ohio Turnpike as a way to raise money for needed highway and bridge projects, the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal reported.

Carrier executives say they are becoming increasingly frustrated with spending the time and associated costs it takes for their drivers to inch their way through highway toll plazas.

The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking input from carriers and drivers that travel North Carolina’s portion of Interstate 95 in connection with a study on how best to pay for improvements along the critical East Coast freight artery.

The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking input from carriers and drivers that travel North Carolina’s portion of Interstate 95 in connection with a study on how best to pay for improvements along the critical East Coast freight artery.

The New York State Thruway’s board of directors last week canceled the second of two meetings within four days at which the board was to address a proposed 45% increase in toll rates for trucks.

The New York State Thruway’s board of directors canceled the second of two meetings within four days at which the board was to address a proposed 45% increase in toll rates for trucks.