Posts by MTAC Staff

From Transport Topics. President Joe Biden is aiming for summer passage of an infrastructure plan that is expected to cost more than $3 trillion, and the White House hopes to take a more deliberate and collaborative approach with the contentious Congress than it did on the COVID-19 rescue package, officials said. The president will announce…

From CT Mirror. Gov. Ned Lamont was warmly greeted by Mayor Erin Stewart, the Republican who recently announced she would not challenge Lamont for governor in 2021. On Tuesday, they had common cause — if only to a point. Stewart agreed to appear outside a gleaming new apartment building constructed on a city lot that…

From Freight Waves. Zone-based congestion pricing for vehicles entering downtown business districts has long been considered a way to reduce delays and stress for commuters. But the potential for cutting fuel consumption and vehicle emissions now dovetails with the Biden administration’s climate policy goals — at a time when states are looking for ways to…

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has announced some changes for Oversize/Overweight vehicle permitting which went into effect last night (Thursday, March 25). The changes are as follows: Change to Annual Divisible Permit effective period Annual Divisible Permits will now be valid for one year from the effective start date of the permit. This is…

MTAC President Joe Sculley submitted testimony this week in response to a bill implementing the Governors proposed budget for 2021. This year’s budget includes the truck milage tax, which will impose a levy on trucks that is based on weight and milage traveled in the state. In the testimony Sculley gave a number of reasons…

From CNBC. This year should be smooth sailing for Mike Card, president of Combined Transport. The trucking company his dad started in 1980 is busier than ever — trying to meet the nation’s ravenous demand for delivered goods amid a pandemic. But with some 500 trucks on the road across the nation, Card is constantly…

From Connecticut DOT. The Connecticut Department of Transportation would like to remind large trucks of the low clearance bridge located on Bank Street in Waterbury. This bridge is a part of a detour related to the rehabilitation work for the Mixmaster project. Please be aware of the posted warning signs prior to this bridge and…

The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. One of the agenda items will be Governor Lamont’s truck mileage tax, formally known as HB 6443, An Act Concerning Revenue Items to Implement the Governor’s Budget. Several MTAC members have already determined that…

MTAC President Joe Sculley submitted testimony in response to a bill which would “require a motor vehicle operator, when approaching an intersection with an inoperative traffic control signal, to stop as though such intersection was controlled by a stop sign.” In the testimony Sculley told lawmakers that MTAC supports the bill and said “I am…

From FreightWaves. New research released Wednesday from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) found that replacing the federal fuel tax with a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) tax could result in collection costs of more than $20 billion annually. The main reason for that price tag – which is 300 times higher than the current cost to collect…