Via The New York Times: Using wireless sensors embedded in streets and city garages, a smartphone app now will show San Francisco motorists where there are parking spaces available — in many cases up to the second. The $20 million parking project here, called SFpark, is backed by the Transportation Department and the Federal Highway [...]
Via the Illinois Tollway Authority: State and local officials late last week kicked off a project for a new all-electronic toll collection exit ramp from the northbound Tri-State Tollway to Balmoral Avenue. The partnership between Rosemont and the Illinois Tollway Authority means the village will spend up to $26.5 million on the project, while the [...]
Via The Chicago Tribune’s Jon Hilkevitch and the Illinois Tollway Authority: The Illinois Tollway Authority’s website offers a new feature that will allow motorists an easier way to dispute tollroad violations they feel are incorrect. From the Tollway’s news release: Currently, customers who drive through toll plazas without paying cash, using active transponders or using [...]
Via The Chicago Tribune: A measure that wold increase the cost of an annual Chicago city sticker for vehicles that aren’t electric or hybrids was set aside last week. The Tribune reports that the measure’s sponsor — First District Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno — says the idea remains viable and isn’t meant to punish those [...]
