ATA pushing ahead against Rhode Island truck tolling

From FreightWaves.

Following a favorable appeals court decision this week, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) will resume its fight in a lower court against monthly tolls totaling in some cases more than $1.5 million, collected from carriers hauling freight in and through Rhode Island.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on Monday denied a petition by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) asking for a review of the court’s earlier decision in favor of ATA.

The appeals court in December had granted ATA, along with Cumberland Farms, M&M Transport Services and New England Motor Freight (which was broken up following bankruptcy in February 2019), a reversal of a federal district court decision last year dismissing their lawsuit against Rhode Island’s truck-only tolling program, which began collecting tolls in July 2018. The district court judge had ruled that his court lacked jurisdiction in the matter.

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