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Feb 25, 2009

Truck only lanes * USA - Pick up speed

St. Louis,MO, United States -The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by Elisa Crouch -22 Feb 2009: -- The decades-old battle between cars and rigs on Interstate 70 could come to an end if the Missouri Department of Transportation has its way... After a yearlong study, the agency is recommending that $3.9 billion be spent to rebuild 200 miles of I-70 between Lake Saint Louis and Independence. Under the plan, two lanes each direction would be for semis, and two lanes each way would be for the rest of traffic...I-70 has some of the heaviest truck traffic in the country, leaving drivers of smaller vehicles feeling intimidated. Separating cars and semis would improve safety for both, according to the study... Texas and Nevada are examining truck lanes for interstates with high truck traffic. Georgia considered truck-only lanes along 27 miles of Interstate 75 outside of Atlanta, and 20 miles of Interstate 285... The Federal Highway Administration has given the plan preliminary approval. MoDOT officials will seek final approval later this year... (Photo by Richard McFall/FILE, July 2007: Westbound Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, Mo)

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Apr 4, 2008

Truck-only Lanes * USA - Would ease congestion, improve safety, officials say

Columbia,MO,USA -The Columbia Missourian, by JENN HERSEIM -April 3, 2008: -- With nearly 10,000 trucks traveling Interstate 70 daily, the Missouri Department of Transportation aims to improve safety and alleviate traffic with a proposal to add truck-only lanes... The proposed design would separate cars and trucks by adding four center lanes for motor carrier vehicles — two lanes going eastbound and two westbound. A 30 foot-wide grass barrier would separate the inner truck lanes from the two adjacent car lanes... The transportation department displayed the proposal to Columbia residents Thursday night at a public hearing...

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Aug 17, 2007

Truckers * USA - Prepare to move to right

In an effort to improve safety, large trucks will be banned from the left lane on 60 miles of Interstate 4

Orlando,FL,USA -The Orlando Sentinel, by Jay Hamburg -August 16, 2007; -- Drivers worried about getting squeezed between big trucks might soon find Interstate 4 a little easier to navigate... By the end of next month, large trucks will be banned from using the far left lane of I-4 along a 60-mile stretch through southern Orange, Osceola, Polk and Hillsborough counties... "The idea is to separate the truck traffic where you can," said Steve Homan, spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation in Central Florida... (Photo: Biglorryblog, UK)

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Jul 24, 2007

Truck-only Lanes * USA - OOIDA official says "have cons"

Lanes specifically reserved for trucks, might not be all they’re cracked up to be, an OOIDA representatives said this week


Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -July 23, 2007: -- ... The U.S. Department of Transportation is promoting numerous congestion-relief programs, including Federal Highways Administration grants for states to add capacity to existing roads through high-occupancy lanes or truck-only lanes... But Rod Nofziger, director of government affairs with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, warned that truck-only lanes may cause new problems in addition to ones they appear to solve...

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Jul 21, 2007

Truck-Only Lanes * USA - Ohio Among States Considering

With truck traffic rising, at least nine states are considering proposals to separate big rigs from cars on interstate highways, hoping to reduce congestion, improve safety and increase commerce by moving goods faster

Dayton,Ohio,USA -wlwt 5 -July 17, 2007: -- ... The highways are heavily traveled and are being used increasingly to carry passengers and freight through big cities of the industrial Midwest and booming communities in the Sun Belt... Ohio, Nevada and other states want to build or designate truck-only lanes on various stretches of interstate highways, though they're not yet sure how they would pay for them. Tolls are one option; public-private partnerships another...

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