DEBATE * Canada - Truckers not sold on tolling as a congestion fi
Canada -Truck Stop Canada, by Harry -May 18, 2007: --Joanne Ritchie, executive director of theOwner-Operators’ Business Association of Canada, said truckers in Canada generally oppose toll roads and that there aren’t many toll roads to speak of...“As a matter of principle, we would certainly not be happy with toll roads replacing comparable free routes,”Ritchietold...Ritchiewas reacting to a brand new study by auniversity professor in Canadaencouraging provinces to consider toll roads to relieve congestion in and around major cities...The 36-page report, released byCanadian think tank C.D. Howe Instituteon Tuesday, May 15, asserts without question that congestion will only get worse in metro areas unless action is taken. The report is called“Congestion relief: Assessing the case for road tolls in Canada.”...(Photo by Super Fly's Public Gallery - On the Road: Shipshewana)
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