toll News Updates

Business

Pa. Turnpike Tolls Increase 10% for Cash Users

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission approved a 10% toll increase for drivers paying with cash and a 2% increase for those using the E-ZPass system.

July 23, 2012
Business

GAO Probing Northeastern Toll Increases

The federal government is probing toll increases in several Northeast states, Bloomberg reported.

July 23, 2012
Business

N.Y. Truckers Rally Business Opposition to Proposed 45% Thruway Toll Increase

New York truckers have helped organize a coalition of 22 business groups to oppose the 45% increase in truck tolls proposed by the New York State Thruway Authority.

July 23, 2012
Business

Trucking, Business Groups Form Coalition to Oppose Toll Hikes on N.Y. Thruway

Twenty-two business groups have formed a coalition to oppose the 45% toll increase for trucks proposed by the New York State Thruway Authority.

July 17, 2012
Business

Virginia Officials Propose Single Toll Site on I-95,to Collect $12 Per Truck Going Each Way

Virginia transportation officials have recommended that their tolling plan for Interstate 95 include just one toll-collection location and that trucks pay $12 going each way.

July 2, 2012
Government, Business

Virginia I-95 Toll Plan Would Feature One Location North of N.C.

The portion of Interstate 95 running through Virginia would have one tolling location — near the North Carolina state line — under a plan Virginia is preparing for the federal government.

June 26, 2012
Government, Business

N.Y. Thruway Considers Boosting Truck Tolls by 45%

The New York State Thruway Authority may raise truck tolls 45% to help refinance its debt and pay for a $1.5 billion highway improvement program.

June 6, 2012
Business

San Francisco Bay Area Truck Tolls to Rise Again

Multi-axle vehicles including heavy-duty trucks will be paying higher tolls to cross San Francisco area bridges starting July 1, the Vallejo (Calif.) Times Herald reported.

May 14, 2012
Business

N.J. Lawmakers Want Delay on Toll Hikes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg and three fellow Democrats from the New Jersey federal congressional delegation have asked the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to delay scheduled toll increases, the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger reported.

April 30, 2012
Editorial, Business

Editorial: Toll Justice

Tolls. To paraphrase the late Ronald Reagan, “There they go again.” The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls all the access from New Jersey to the nation’s largest city, has slapped trucks with higher tolls that will skyrocket 163% by 2015 to $105.

April 23, 2012