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IBTTA prepared to help find a solution to climate crisis

10/9/2019

IBTTA CEO Pat Jones called upon members to take the next step to combat a "worsening climate crisis" at the organization's recent annual meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jones sees sustainable mobility, eco-routes and decarbonising transport as the "seeds" planted by climate change protestor Greta Thunberg that have "been present in this room for quite some time -- they just need a little encouragement, a little nurturing and a little sunshine."

IBTTA CEO: Visionaries provide "seeds of a new era"

10/2/2019

"[W]e see the seeds of a new era all around us," IBTTA Executive Director and CEO Pat Jones said as he addressed members gathered for the annual meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, last month. Jones noted activist Greta Thunberg, author Charles Fishman, reporter Arielle Rothenberg and former IBTTA president Mary-Jane O'Meara as visionaries who took action to move their vision forward.

The future of tolling is tech, says IBTTA CEO

8/26/2019

"Technology has driven every major innovation [in tolling] we've seen," said International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association executive director and CEO Pat Jones.

The future of tolling is tech, says IBTTA CEO

8/19/2019

"Technology has driven every major innovation [in tolling] we've seen," said International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association executive director and CEO Pat Jones.

Cashless tolling on the rise

7/24/2019

The New York State Thruway will adopt cashless tolling next year in an effort to smooth traffic flow, improve safety and reduce emissions. "There are a lot of good reasons to go to cashless tolling," said Pat Jones, executive director of the IBTTA. Nearly half of the nation's tolled highways, bridges and tunnels are cashless.

Increased traffic boosts express lane revenues

6/17/2019

Increased traffic is boosting express lane revenues, according to a Fitch Ratings report. No priced-managed lanes have failed completely, said International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association executive director and CEO Pat Jones, noting that although some lanes may not have reached certain goals, those goals could be attained over the next few years.

Mass. governor, Boston mayor to lobby for infrastructure

5/13/2019

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will go to Washington, D.C., this week to press Congress and the Trump administration to pass major infrastructure legislation. Spending on infrastructure remains in question, and Pat Jones, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association executive director and CEO, said he will push for tolling.

IBTTA's Jones: States' toll plans are strong option for infrastructure

3/20/2019

States are increasingly pursuing semitruck tolls to raise infrastructure revenue, and the trucking industry says that is a result of federal inaction to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association Executive Director and CEO Pat Jones says such tolling plans are "a very powerful and effective" option as Congress has transferred $140 billion from the Treasury's general fund to support the Highway Trust Fund since 2008.