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  • Is Massachusetts Ready for Congestion Pricing?

    Mass.streetsblog.org - March 13, 2024 - Massachusetts drivers already pay an extremely high price for the congestion they create.

    INRIX, a transportation data company, estimates that the average driver in the Boston region wastes 134 unpaid hours every year stuck in traffic.

    You don't get a monthly invoice for those expenses, but even if you valued your time at a dirt-cheap $15 per hour, 134 hours wasted in traffic amounts to an off-the-books tax of roughly $2,000 a year, robbed from what otherwise would have been your leisure time. Read more >>

  • New York police crack down on vehicles avoiding tolls with fake license plates

    Seattletimes.com - March 12, 2024 - New York authorities are cracking down on what they call “ghost cars,” or vehicles using altered or forged license plates to avoid paying tolls and tickets.

    A multiagency effort to catch them on Monday resulted in 73 vehicles impounded, 282 summonses issued and eight arrests, Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and law enforcement officials announced Tuesday.

    Officials said it was the first effort by a new state and city task force that will be enforcing license plate requirements. Read more >>

  • Briefly: NYS Thruway warns truckers, others of text message scam

    Truckersnews.com - March 12, 2024 - The New York State Thruway Authority said it recently learned of a SMS text message scam being presented as an attempt to collect Tolls on behalf of “NY Toll Services”.

    The Thruway authority said, "Please be advised this is NOT an authorized communication from E-ZPass or the Toll Agencies associated with E-ZPass. We advise you NOT to access the website contained within the message if you should receive one." Read more >>

  • MD Tolls Could Rise Under Proposed Bill, 1st Time In Decade

    Patch.com - March 8, 2024 - Drivers could see tolls increase on Maryland roads for the first time in a decade if legislation recently introduced in Annapolis is passed by the state General Assembly, according to documents and reports.

    Del. Marc Korman, a Democrat from Montgomery County, introduced HB 1070 as the General Assembly entered the final month of its 90-day session. Read more>>

  • Toll Scam: Phishing Alert Issued by NYS Thruway Authority

    WKTV.com - March 5, 2024 - A new scam has surfaced in the Mohawk Valley—this time in the form of a phishing scheme.

    The New York State Thruway Authority has issued a warning about a phishing alert that is circulating.

    If you receive a message resembling the one below, do not click on the link. Read more >>

  • Fees, tolls and taxes: How Maryland plans to squeeze you to pay for transportation

    Thebaltimorebanner.com - March 5, 2024 - I get my dogs’ food delivered by Amazon. It started during the pandemic.

    Stores in Annapolis ran out of the brand they eat, and if you’ve ever suddenly changed your pets’ food, you know it can have messy consequences. All over the carpet.

    But it also saved me the trouble of schlepping all those bags and cans across town. It cost less, too.

    Except it doesn’t. There’s a hidden cost.

    All those trucks trundling along with my dog food cost in other ways — wear and tear on Maryland highways, roads and streets. Now, Maryland lawmakers want everyone who benefits from the changing ways that roads are used to pay up. Read more >>