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PRIVATIZATION * USA - New FHWA office to promote congestion pricing ... etc...
"The new office is hitting the taxpayers three times – a fuel tax, a toll, and paying to staff this office”
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -November 3, 2008: -- The Federal Highway Administration has launched a new taxpayer-funded office dedicated to the tolling of congested roadways... Officials with FHWA announced Friday, Oct. 31, that the new Office of Innovative Program Delivery will promote congestion pricing while working with states to reduce traffic and pay for roadway improvements... Representatives for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association say the new office is another attempt by the Bush administration to promote tolling as a transportation philosophy while taxpayers foot the bill... “Looks like that new office would be paid for by the Highway Trust Fund, hitting the taxpayers three times – a fuel tax, a toll, and paying to staff this office,” OOIDA Associate Director of Government Affairs Melissa Theriault told Land Line Magazine...
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