The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) sits on one of the greatest monopolies in the world, transporting people in and around New York City. When they decide to add a subway station the value of the surrounding real estate skyrockets. It is inconceivable that they could be in dire financial straits but due to decades of […]

Tolling for trucks on Connecticut’s highways has been front and center in Connecticut’s governor race between Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski. Lamont is looking to balance the state’s projected $4 billion budget deficit with tolls which Stefanowski adamantly opposes. Lamont is part of a growing contingent of politicians and “advocates” who falsely claim […]

“We need to stand up and fix things when they aren’t right. This is about standing up for the little guy and not letting a corporate giant like Conduent underdeliver, while getting hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.” This was a tweet by State Senator David Carlucci who along with Assemblyman Tom Abinanti demanded New York […]

Why are taxes, tolls and ticketing the politicians’ solutions to the traffic problems caused by their poor planning?  And why do they always single out the trucking industry?  Comptroller Scott Stringer, in his recent report, Improving Select Bus Service: Putting the Rapid in Bus Rapid Transit, says “the City must double down on traffic enforcement“ […]

New York State is the third most expensive state in the nation in terms of operating a truck. One of the reasons for this is that New York is one of only four states, and the only one in the northeast that still has a highway use tax (HUT). The antiquated HUT represents a lose-lose […]