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2008 NORPASS Attended Events and Shows
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Workshop: Denver, Colorado, March 26-30
Mid American Truck Show: Louisville, Kentucky, March 26-29 Booth# 60068
New York State Truck Safety & Education Conference: Albany, New York April 8-10
Alaska Trucking Association Annual Meeting: Anchorage, Alaska April 16-18
Washington Trucking Association Leadership Conference & Exposition: Cle Elum, Washington
May 4-7
Kentucky Motor Transport Association Annual Meeting: Clearwater, Florida June 11-14
The Great West Truck Show: Las Vegas, Nevada June 26-28 Booth# (TBA)
Idaho Trucking Association Annual Meeting: West Yellowstone, Montana August 6-8
The Great American Truck Show: Dallas, Texas August 21-23 Booth# (TBA)
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Annual Conference: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada September 10-15
South Dakota Trucking Association Annual Meeting: Rapid City, South Dakota September 11-13
American Trucking Association (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition:
New Orleans,Louisiana October 4-7
Drivers To See Major Toll Hikes
From the Golden Gate Bridge to the New Jersey Turnpike, the nations toll booths are getting dramatically more expensive to drive through. Big toll hikes are planned for more of the nations signature toll roads, bridges and tunnels. The increases would add dollars, not cents, to the cost of passing through many toll booths.
Examples include:
Driving on the George Washington Bridge linking New York and New Jersey (the nations busiest toll bridge) jumps for truckers during peak hours from $25 to $35.
California the Golden Gate Bridge will raise its toll from $5 to $6 if approved.
Indiana the 57 miles of the Indiana Toll Road will rise in April to $8 from $4.65 for those paying cash.
Massachusetts rates for the Sumner and Ted Williams tunnels in Boston rose to $3.50 from $3 on January 1.
New York will raise tolls on the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and its bridges by $2 to $10 per trip on March 2. The state will impose smaller toll increases on nine other New York area bridges and tunnels on March 16.
Pennsylvania State has asked the Federal government for permission to add tolls to Interstate 80. The cost of driving the 316 mile road would be $93 for trucks. The state will increase tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike by 25% in 2009, making the cost similar to the proposed I-80 tolls.
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