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TOLL ROADS DEBATE * USA
* OOIDA takes truckers’ privatization concerns to DCWashington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -May 24, 2007: -- The privatization of public assets is a lot like taking Aunt Sophie’s china set to a pawnshop. You get a little quick cash for the short term, not getting nearly what the items are worth, and then you still need something to eat on next Thanksgiving when the price goes up for dishes... This was just one of the sentiments shared Thursday, May 24, when OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer testified during a hearing before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit... Spencer pointed out that when highways are privately owned, those private companies are able to raise toll rates year after year. It is the Association’s position that the motoring public has already paid taxes and user fees to build those roads. Subsequent toll raises may force highway users on to alternate routes on local roads, resulting in congestion and safety hazards, along with additional costs to purchase those roads... (Photo by Dustin Watkins, OOIDA staff - OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer, second from left, testified Thursday, May 24, before the U.S. House T&I Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Also testifying were, from left, Bill Graves, president of ATA, Greg Cohen, president of the Highway Users Alliance, and Michael Replogle, transportation director for Environmental Defense)
* American Trucking Associations Against Public-Private Partnerships
USA -Truck Line -24 May 2007: -- Bill Graves, President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, testified this morning before the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding public-private partnerships... The American Trucking Associations opposes the lease or sale of existing toll roads, bridges or tunnels to private parties and has called on government to abandon these financing techniques... The trucking industry supports the objective of a toll-free national highway system where funds to finance highway improvement primarily come from highway user fees...
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