Truckers to pay higher tolls starting Sunday

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: December 28, 2011
Tags: 695, Baltimore, Business, Inter-County Connecter, maryland, maryland transportation authority, tolls, treasury, truckers

Higher tolls will greet Maryland truck drivers in the New Year. The cost to travel the state’s paid highways, bridges and tunnels will rise between $6 and $12 on Sunday. The bump is part of the two-tiered toll hikes approved by the Maryland Transportation Authority in September. Rates for cars and other vehicles with two [...]

Md. helps truckers ride out snowstorms safely

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 23, 2011
Tags: app, emergency parking, i-95 corridor coalition, Maryland Motor Truck Association, mobile phones, park and ride lots, snow storm, transportation, truckers, winter storm

HANOVER — Truckers are getting a little more help finding a safe spot to ride out severe winter storms. Maryland transportation officials announced a pilot program Thursday for emergency truck parking in select park and ride lots during storms with more than six inches of snow. The idea is to avoid parking on along highway [...]

Toll hikes approved, truckers aren’t happy

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: September 22, 2011
Tags: approved, Baltimore, ICC, inter-county connector, maryland, Senate Minority Whip E.J. Pipkin, Swaim-Staley, toll hikes, truckers

The Maryland Transportation Authority approved sweeping toll hikes Thursday, a move that riled drivers and truckers who use the authority’s bridges, tunnels and highways. The first increase will hit Nov. 1 for most drivers, and the second, July 1, 2013. The cost to cross the Baltimore harbor would double and a trip over the Chesapeake [...]