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Cost increases are coming — your rates need to reflect that sooner than later
Take advice from a veteran owner-operator and begin adjusting your own cost basis and rates now, rather than waiting until increases have long taken place.
December 21, 2020
Business
Rhode Island will continue charging trucks-only tolls as lawsuit commences
ATA fails in move for a temporary injunction to Rhode Island tolls at question in lawsuit. TruckPark customers will now have the ability to access UCT Health’s subscription medical plan via the TruckPark website. CVSA opens driver award nominations. TRALA supporting COVID-19 vaccine effort.
September 23, 2020
Voices
News roundup, March 18: COVID-19 response pushing toll authorities away from cash; Pa. makes rest stops truck parking only
The Illinois Tollway system has deactivated toll lanes, moving to an all-electronic collection model, in efforts to mitigate COVID-19 spread; Mackinac Bridge authority, too, is moving to a cashless system. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation appears to have changed its mind about closing rest areas on Interstate highways and not allowing trucks to park in them.
March 18, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 28: Supreme Court won’t hear OOIDA’s challenge to increasing PA Turnpike tolls; little reader support for ABC tests; longtime Talladega trucker passes away
The U.S. Supreme Court denied OOIDA’s request to hear its case against the increasing Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls. A sizable majority of Overdrive readers against the ABC test for the independent contractor classification as too simplistic//broad for trucking.
January 28, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 7: Truckstop.com systems mostly online after ransomware attack; Rhode Island challenges latest court ruling on trucks-only tolls
The company reported today that, while most Truckstop.com services are now available, its Trans4Cast weekly analysis of spot market rates and conditions has yet to be fully restored. Rhode Island is petitioning a federal appeals court to have ATA’s lawsuit over the state’s trucks-only tolls moved to a state court.
January 7, 2020
Business
Connecticut governor proposes trucks-only tolls plan with Rhode Island tolls lawsuit still unresolved
In a letter to state legislative leaders of both parties, Gov. Ned Lamont calls for trucks-only tolls on 12 bridges along major thoroughfares in the state. Rates would vary by location, but truckers could be charged between $6.40 and $19.20 at each of the 12 toll locations.
December 9, 2019
Business
Pennsylvania Turnpike set to increase tolls again in 2020
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced this week a 6% toll increase will take effect on Jan. 5, 2020, for both E-ZPass and cash customers on all sections and extensions of the turnpike except for three western Pennsylvania cashless toll facilities.
July 19, 2019
Business
Lawsuit over increasing PA Turnpike tolls dismissed; OOIDA to appeal
“This lawsuit is far from over,” said OOIDA President Todd Spencer. “And win or lose on appeal, the turnpike’s debt crisis and the Commonwealth’s transportation emergency aren’t going away either. This is a crisis created by the legislature’s decisions, not our lawsuit.”
April 5, 2019
Business
ATA appeals dismissal of lawsuit against Rhode Island truck tolls
ATA says the court’s decision to dismiss the case “did not address the merits of that constitutional claim” and “held only that ATA’s challenge could not proceed in federal court.”
April 3, 2019
Business
Trucking’s take on infrastructure blame: Toll’d you so
After decades of federal negligence, states are floating plans to add truck tolls to help pay for highway improvements, sounding alarms from the trucking industry.
March 18, 2019
Business
Delaware, Maryland police target truckers bypassing U.S. 301 toll road
During the blitz, officers stopped 85 trucks that were found to be bypassing the tolls, and all 85 trucks were inspected as a result. The inspections resulted in 77 traffic citations and 50 written warnings for various offenses.
March 7, 2019
Business
Connecticut governor backs off of trucks-only toll plan
The newly-elected governor campaigned on a trucks-only toll similar to what is in place in Rhode Island, but in his op-ed noted ongoing legal challenges. Lamont added in the piece that he has learned tolling just trucks would provide some revenue, but “not enough to upgrade” the state’s infrastructure.
February 19, 2019
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