toll roads

A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued. The bus was transporting students from Brooklyn's P.S. 5 on Friday morning when it burst into flames near the Staten Island-bound toll plaza of the double-decked Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman says bridge workers used fire extinguishers to douse the flames and removed the 4- and 5-year-old students, their  

Representatives from three states made their plea in the nation's capital to highlight the benefits of an improved North/South Appalachian Highway. Colleen Peterson, executive director of The Greater Cumberland Committee, led an eight-person contingent Wednesday and met with Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and transportation committee staff members from Sens. Arlen Specter, Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, and Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin of Maryland. The focus of Wednesday's meetings  

Ten state senators, including Lisa Baker and John Gordner, who both represent portions of Luzerne County , have called on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to reject a state proposal to toll Interstate 80. "We write … to strongly oppose the conversion of Interstate 80 into a toll road," the letter stated. "We are deeply concerned about the significant economic consequences such a conversion will have on our state's businesses and residents as well as the considerable amount of debt the Pennsyl  

WAVY.com investigated a change that affects tens of thousands of Berkley Bridge and Downtown Tunnel drivers every day. You may not know this, but to improve the quality of life for commuters, the Virginia Department of Transportation got the Coast Guard to have scheduled lifts during the day. It's part of a temporary test.  

A citizens advisory group can't recommend a possible Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll increase until it gets a ruling on how soon it must pay back $5.2 million it spent to set up the toll-collection system. State Department of Transportation officials said at a meeting of the advisory panel Thursday night that the money was spent on operations and must be paid back with tolls. Bridge watchdog Randy Boss claimed it was part of building the bridge, and bonds should cover it.  

Forecasts call for a calmer weather pattern, which could mean more drivers brave Washington's highways for a busy Thanksgiving weekend. Drivers should travel smart, know before they go, prepare for typical late-November weather and carry cold weather supplies, including tire chains. And, pack your patience when traveling during peak travel times on major highway routes.  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday decided to continue ban on the export of molasses outside the state for the second year in succession. Approving the molasses policy for 2009-10, the Cabinet took the decision considering the possible shortage of molasses. According to the policy, the state government has reserved 30% of the molasses produced by all the sugar mills for country liquor.  

The International Bridge Administration (IBA) is holding a public open house to present design plans for the potential toll plaza redevelopment project to customers and stakeholder groups. The goal of the project is to improve traffic safety and operational efficiency by addressing current traffic flow concerns due to the close proximity of the U.S. Customs booths to the IBA toll booths. The project would also improve traffic processing in the toll plaza with an increase in the number of toll booths avail  

Rosa Rountree, CEO and general manager of the company running the Quickpass tolling service, doesn't understand why 266,000 people who have crossed the Golden Ears Bridge haven't registered to save 60 cents a trip. "Why do you choose to pay more when you can pay less?" she said on Thursday morning as she was giving a tour around the Quickpass service centre in Pitt Meadows. Only 40,000 drivers have registered their cars, while the vast majority still just drive over and wait for the bill to come in the