Sentences with phrase «road tolls on»

Yes, we can, according to this dissertation from Göteborg University, which deals with the impact of road tolls on car use, factors that influence attitudes to road tolls, and road tolls in comparison with other types of steering mechanisms targeting automobile use.

These included a doubling of road tolls on the M25 river crossing at Dartford at the same time as charges were scrapped on the Erskine Bridge on the Clyde.

Since last November, Russia has introduced 28 import duty and export subsidies affecting steel, oil and other products as well as imposed special road tolls on trucks from the EU, Switzerland and Turkmenistan.

Allowing open - road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Allowing open - road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.

Not exact matches

In the meantime, muni experts point out states can renegotiate contracts with servicers, raise fees on things like drivers license renewals, sell assets and privatize prisons and tolls roads to cut expenses and raise cash.

But the federal government would only invest a maximum of 20 % in these projects, leaving it to the states to find other sources of revenue, like imposing higher tolls on roads.

In the meantime, the company collects tolls on the road and is responsible for maintaining it.

We can thus expect governments to pay a lot more attention to road tolls in the future, if only to recoup their losses on gas taxes.

And putting tolls on roads is of little use if commuters have no attractive alternative.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

On the demand side, you can try to remove people from their cars, by pulling them out with public transit or pushing them out using road tolls.

Existing toll lanes on the highway system are reserved for buses, emergency vehicles and car - pooling vehicles with three or more passengers; cars with two passengers can pay to use the road during peak hours.

A good analogy would be earning the right to charge tolls on a toll road without performing any kind of improvements to the roadway.

Tony maintains a long, grueling time on the road and puts on non-stop, high energy events around the world, and that takes a massive toll on his body.

MILAN (Reuters)- Italian toll - road group Atlantia (ATL.MI) said on Thursday it had sold a 10 percent stake in its Italian motorway unit to a series of investors including Allianz (ALVG.DE).

But privatizers add on interest and financial fees, high executive salaries and bonuses, and turn the roads into toll roads and other infrastructure into neofeudal fiefdoms to charge monopolistic access fees for people to use.

There are many different ways to get from one place to another depending on which roads and highways in which toll roads you take and you find the cheapest and fastest way to get there.

Fees on the state's more than 700 miles of toll roads have been suspended to allow traffic to flow more freely.

He was the one who set up random toll booths on roads and bridges and charged people anything he wanted.

Speaking of ground transport, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the hotel can also provide reasonably - priced pick up and drop off service from, and back to, the U.S. Border, which is only about a 90 - minute drive each way on the scenic toll road.

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Halfway there I had a choice: jump on a wide - open toll road or sit in a sea of traffic only to arrive at my appointment sweaty and swearing.

The joint planning committee, formed two months ago by Mettawa officials, would like to prevent further traffic congestion at the Deerfield Road toll plaza, as well as east and west on Illinois Highways 22, 60 and 176.

There are large amounts of business capital waiting to be unlocked if the Government achieves a step - change on transport, for example with the introduction of road tolls.

«We are currently considering a range of options to further cut the toll of deaths on the roads, including looking at drink - driving.

The French approach — effectively building a toll road and then putting track on top of it — has merit «otherwise we will run into trouble with parliament over costs», Chapman said.

Congressman Brian Higgins has pushed a plan that would change the tolls on Grand Island, Lackawanna and Williamsville to what's called «open road tolling.»

During a Brooklyn subway trip Wednesday, Cynthia Nixon said New York City needs a «comprehensive» congestion pricing plan that includes new tolls on roads and criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo as someone who «is not very interested... in investing in infrastructure.»

But de Blasio has not gone so far as to support new tolls on Manhattan roads or East River Bridges.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New Yorkers who use the state Thruway will have a bit of a wait before more cashless tolling is installed on the nearly 500 - mile tolled portion of the road.

However, the Conservatives are sceptical and shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling told the BBC that although he would back Sir Rod's plans in principle, tolls on all roads were neither desirable «or realistically achievable in the near future».

«What tolls are you charging on bridges and what's the cost of the Long Island Rail Road and what alternatives do you have on park and ride and express buses?

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads, Transport and Education say they are in agreement with the University of Ghana (UG) on the decision to charge the road tolls after a meeting with the Vice Chancellor.According to Vice-Chairman of the Transport Committee, Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, the University acted within the law in its imposition of tolls for the use of...

The panel also proposed tolling on federal roads and 0.5 per cent of transport fares paid by passengers using mass transit for inter-state trips to generate fund for the rehabilitation and maintenance of road infrastructure in the country.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State, on Thursday, berated Governor Babatunde Fashola over the introduction of toll gates on Lagos roads, describing it as an exploitative...

Your choice: New toll — High costs, no transportation investment Move NY — Lower tolls, fixed roads and bridges When MTA tolls and fares increased on Sunday, Move NY volunteers fanned out to all seven MTA bridges to get the group's -LSB-...]

Three systems of toll roads exist: open (with mainline barrier toll plazas); closed (with entry / exit tolls) and open road (no toll booths, only electronic toll collection gantries at entrances and exits, or at strategic locations on the mainline of the road).

Assembly Republicans» priorities for the 2017 legislative session include eliminating a predicted $ 1 billion shortfall in transportation revenue, possibly by relying partly on toll roads.

Here, the system can be specifically developed, through the addition of tolls and variable pricing, to discourage noncritical travel during rush hours and in certain regions that are most affected by an excess of cars and trucks on the roads.

11:47 - Kevin Brennan (Lab) is telling MPs about how one of his earliest memories is of crossing some sort of toll booth on some sort of road in South Wales.

The proposal would create a consistent toll cordon for Manhattan south of 60th Street while lowering tolls on outlying bridges to raise funds for transit and roads (mostly transit).

State leaders and Thruway officials in recent years have undertaken a number of cost - cutting measures, including staff layoffs and having the State Police budget absorb the cost of patrolling the toll roads, an expense that had previously been on the Thruway's books.

There has been much recent media speculation on the issue but the messages are confused ranging from «not much change», to various charging schemes, to new private toll roads and altering vehicle excise duty / fuel duty.

Review of options to increase capacity and improve performance on the A14, some of which could be part funded through tolling - CIHT believe that Road pricing offers a solution; a shift away from taxation to charges at the point of use and the opportunity to attract private sector to the potential revenue streams available from tolling

«Under the Trump proposal - which just passes the buck from the feds to states, cities and counties - to build a project like I - 81, local taxes would rise and all drivers in the Syracuse area would be forced to pay a «Trump Toll» every time they got on that road,» Schumer said.

To that end, the plan would lower tolls on outer - borough bridges and put a good bit of funding toward roads and bridges.

The design of the project include the reconstruction and expansion of the existing carriage to three - lane Expressway on both directions, construction of two - lane Service Road in both directions, construction of Ramp Bridge to provide a U-turn from Ajao Estate to Airport, construction of a flyover at NAHCO / Toll Gate and drainage works.

This winter, swings in temperature took a toll on many roads in Erie County creating potholes and safety concerns for drivers, especially school bus drivers and emergency responders who are responsible for the safe transportation of students and patients.