Category Archives: Transportation

(Editor’s note:  As Virginia plans for future road construction, expansion and possible High Occupancy Toll lanes, this article is important to that discussion.) Big-data firm INRIX last month released its 2017 Global Traffic Scorecard. It reports data on the extent … Continue reading →

The American Community Survey data on vehicle ownership and commuting mode choice were released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau. The headline finding was that the fraction of those working mostly at home nationwide—5.2%—now exceeds the national average for … Continue reading →

There is no question that personal transportation will undergo significant changes in coming decades. Three such changes will be the advent of affordable electric vehicles, fully autonomous vehicles, and mobility as a service (MaaS) in which people opt to rely … Continue reading →

Two more states may follow the lead of Rhode Island by imposing tolls (or increased toll rates) on heavy trucks, so as to invest the proceeds in highway improvements that will benefit all highway users. A study under way by … Continue reading →

Since the advent of electronic toll collection, toll agencies have been pushing for nationwide inter-operability. Inter-operability allows a toll road user with an account in one state to use that tolling technology on toll roads in a different state. In … Continue reading →